De or het konijn?
het konijn
a rabbit, a bunny; any non-hare lagomorph of the family Leporidae
/koːˈnɛi̯n/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het konijn
- Plural (meervoud)
- de konijnen
- Diminutive
- het konijntje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het konijn is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de konijnen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het konijntje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit konijn | deze konijnen |
| that, those | dat konijn | die konijnen |
| which (the … that) | het konijn dat … | de konijnen die … |
| our | ons konijn | onze konijnen |
Meaning in English
- a rabbit, a bunny; any non-hare lagomorph of the family Leporidae
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