De or het pech?
de pech
bad luck; misfortune
/pɛx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de pech
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de pech is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | deze pech |
| that, those | die pech |
| which (the … that) | de pech die … |
| our | onze pech |
Meaning in English
- bad luck; misfortune
- breakdown, e.g. of a car
Remember pech 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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