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