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De or het wifi?

de wifi

Wi-Fi

/ˈʋi.fi/

Article and plural

Singular
de wifi
Plural (meervoud)
de wifi's
Diminutive
het wifietje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de wifi is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de wifi's whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het wifietje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze wifideze wifi's
that, thosedie wifidie wifi's
which (the … that)de wifi die …de wifi's die …
ouronze wifionze wifi's

Meaning in English

  1. Wi-Fi

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