De or het mug?
de mug
a mosquito, a gnat, any fly of the suborder Nematocera except
/mʏx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de mug
- Plural (meervoud)
- de muggen
- Diminutive
- het mugje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de mug is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de muggen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het mugje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze mug | deze muggen |
| that, those | die mug | die muggen |
| which (the … that) | de mug die … | de muggen die … |
| our | onze mug | onze muggen |
Meaning in English
- a mosquito, a gnat, any fly of the suborder Nematocera except sometimes the larger tropical species (which are commonly called muskiet)
- a bug, an insignificant individual
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