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De or het vleermuis?

de vleermuis

bat, mammal of the order Chiroptera

/ˈvleːrmœy̯s/

Article and plural

Singular
de vleermuis
Plural (meervoud)
de vleermuizen
Diminutive
het vleermuisje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vleermuis is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de vleermuizen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het vleermuisje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze vleermuisdeze vleermuizen
that, thosedie vleermuisdie vleermuizen
which (the … that)de vleermuis die …de vleermuizen die …
ouronze vleermuisonze vleermuizen

Meaning in English

  1. bat, mammal of the order Chiroptera

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