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