De or het muis?
de muis
mouse (rodent)
/mœy̯s/
Forms
- Singular
- de muis
- Plural
- de muizen
- Diminutive
- het muisje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de muis is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de muizen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het muisje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- mouse (rodent)
- mouse (an input device to operate a computer by steering a cursor and clicking)
- ball of the thumb
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