De or het baby?
de baby
baby (infant)
/ˈbeːbi/
Forms
- Singular
- de baby
- Plural
- de baby's
- Diminutive
- het baby'tje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de baby is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de baby's whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het baby'tje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze baby | deze baby's |
| that, those | die baby | die baby's |
| which (the … that) | de baby die … | de baby's die … |
| our | onze baby | onze baby's |
Meaning in English
- baby (infant)
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