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