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