De or het luik?
het luik
hatch
/lœy̯k/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het luik
- Plural (meervoud)
- de luiken
- Diminutive
- het luikje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het luik is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de luiken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het luikje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit luik | deze luiken |
| that, those | dat luik | die luiken |
| which (the … that) | het luik dat … | de luiken die … |
| our | ons luik | onze luiken |
Meaning in English
- hatch
- shutter
- panel, as in a triptych
- first-rank section, part (of few), e.g. chapter of a plan
Remember luik 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.
FreeiPhone
(opens in a new tab)