De or het vitamine?
de vitamine
vitamin (organic compound essential to human health)
/vi.taːˈmi.nə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de vitamine
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vitaminen
- Diminutive
- het vitamientje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vitamine is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vitaminen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vitamientje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vitamine | deze vitaminen |
| that, those | die vitamine | die vitaminen |
| which (the … that) | de vitamine die … | de vitaminen die … |
| our | onze vitamine | onze vitaminen |
Meaning in English
- vitamin (organic compound essential to human health)
Remember vitamine with Spreek
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