De or het linie?
de linie
line, line of battle
/ˈli.ni/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de linie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de linies
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de linie is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de linies whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze linie | deze linies |
| that, those | die linie | die linies |
| which (the … that) | de linie die … | de linies die … |
| our | onze linie | onze linies |
Meaning in English
- line, line of battle
Remember linie with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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