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De or het huid?

de huid

skin

/ɦœy̯t/

Article and plural

Singular
de huid
Plural (meervoud)
de huiden
Diminutive
het huidje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de huid is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de huiden whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het huidje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze huiddeze huiden
that, thosedie huiddie huiden
which (the … that)de huid die …de huiden die …
ouronze huidonze huiden

Meaning in English

  1. skin
  2. hide
  3. the hull of a ship or aircraft

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