De or het non?
de non
nun
/nɔn/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de non
- Plural (meervoud)
- de nonnen
- Diminutive
- het nonnetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de non is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de nonnen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het nonnetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze non | deze nonnen |
| that, those | die non | die nonnen |
| which (the … that) | de non die … | de nonnen die … |
| our | onze non | onze nonnen |
Meaning in English
- nun
Remember non with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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