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