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De or het zijde?

de zijde

silk

/ˈzɛi̯.də/

Article and plural

Singular
de zijde
Plural (meervoud)
de zijden

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de zijde is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de zijden whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze zijdedeze zijden
that, thosedie zijdedie zijden
which (the … that)de zijde die …de zijden die …
ouronze zijdeonze zijden

Meaning in English

  1. silk
  2. side, face (of an object)

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