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