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