De or het ziel?
de ziel
soul (animate principle in non-materialist anthropologies)
/zil/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ziel
- Plural (meervoud)
- de zielen
- Diminutive
- het zieltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ziel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de zielen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het zieltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze ziel | deze zielen |
| that, those | die ziel | die zielen |
| which (the … that) | de ziel die … | de zielen die … |
| our | onze ziel | onze zielen |
Meaning in English
- soul (animate principle in non-materialist anthropologies)
- sound post
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