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