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