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