De or het pruik?
de pruik
wig, peruke
/prœy̯k/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de pruik
- Plural (meervoud)
- de pruiken
- Diminutive
- het pruikje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de pruik is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de pruiken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het pruikje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze pruik | deze pruiken |
| that, those | die pruik | die pruiken |
| which (the … that) | de pruik die … | de pruiken die … |
| our | onze pruik | onze pruiken |
Meaning in English
- wig, peruke
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