De or het nicht?
de nicht
niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister
/nɪxt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de nicht
- Plural (meervoud)
- de nichten
- Diminutive
- het nichtje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de nicht is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de nichten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het nichtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze nicht | deze nichten |
| that, those | die nicht | die nichten |
| which (the … that) | de nicht die … | de nichten die … |
| our | onze nicht | onze nichten |
Meaning in English
- niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister
- female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt
- niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law
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