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