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