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