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