De or het nier?
de nier
a kidney
/nir/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de nier
- Plural (meervoud)
- de nieren
- Diminutive
- het niertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de nier is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de nieren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het niertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze nier | deze nieren |
| that, those | die nier | die nieren |
| which (the … that) | de nier die … | de nieren die … |
| our | onze nier | onze nieren |
Meaning in English
- a kidney
- an animal kidney eaten as a food
Remember nier with Spreek
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