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