De or het tip?
de tip
tip, small amount of money left for a waiter, taxi driver
/tɪp/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de tip
- Plural (meervoud)
- de tips, de tippen
- Diminutive
- het tipje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tip is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tips whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tipje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tip | deze tips |
| that, those | die tip | die tips |
| which (the … that) | de tip die … | de tips die … |
| our | onze tip | onze tips |
Meaning in English
- tip, small amount of money left for a waiter, taxi driver, etc. as a token of appreciation
- filter, for a joint
- hint, tip
- tip, piece of good advice
- tip, extreme end of something
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