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