De or het hiel?
de hiel
heel, part of the foot
/ɦil/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de hiel
- Plural (meervoud)
- de hielen
- Diminutive
- het hieltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de hiel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de hielen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hieltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze hiel | deze hielen |
| that, those | die hiel | die hielen |
| which (the … that) | de hiel die … | de hielen die … |
| our | onze hiel | onze hielen |
Meaning in English
- heel, part of the foot
- analogous part of footwear or another physical entity
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