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De or het muffin?

de muffin

muffin (cupcake-shaped baked good)

/ˈmʏ.fɪn/

Article and plural

Singular
de muffin
Plural (meervoud)
de muffins

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de muffin is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de muffins whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze muffindeze muffins
that, thosedie muffindie muffins
which (the … that)de muffin die …de muffins die …
ouronze muffinonze muffins

Meaning in English

  1. muffin (cupcake-shaped baked good)

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