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