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