De or het heup?
de heup
hip
/ɦøːp/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de heup
- Plural (meervoud)
- de heupen
- Diminutive
- het heupje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de heup is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de heupen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het heupje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze heup | deze heupen |
| that, those | die heup | die heupen |
| which (the … that) | de heup die … | de heupen die … |
| our | onze heup | onze heupen |
Meaning in English
- hip
Remember heup with Spreek
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