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