De or het mijl?
de mijl
English or American mile, a unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 km
/mɛi̯l/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de mijl
- Plural (meervoud)
- de mijlen
- Diminutive
- het mijltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de mijl is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de mijlen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het mijltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze mijl | deze mijlen |
| that, those | die mijl | die mijlen |
| which (the … that) | de mijl die … | de mijlen die … |
| our | onze mijl | onze mijlen |
Meaning in English
- English or American mile, a unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 km
- mijl, Dutch mile or league, a unit of length notionally equivalent to an hour's walk, usually reckoned as about 5-6 km
- nautical or geographical mile, a unit of length now equal to a minute of arc reckoned as exactly 1852 m or previously to ¼ degree, about 7400 m
- synonym of kilometer, kilometer, used during the initial conversion to the metric system in the 19th century
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