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