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