De or het worm?
de worm
worm, vernacular term for various, mostly legless invertebrates
/ʋɔrm/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de worm
- Plural (meervoud)
- de wormen
- Diminutive
- het wormpje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de worm is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de wormen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het wormpje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze worm | deze wormen |
| that, those | die worm | die wormen |
| which (the … that) | de worm die … | de wormen die … |
| our | onze worm | onze wormen |
Meaning in English
- worm, vernacular term for various, mostly legless invertebrates; often nematodes or legless arthropod larvae.
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