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