De or het ei?
het ei
egg
/ɛi̯/
Forms
- Singular
- het ei
- Plural
- de eieren
- Diminutive
- het eitje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het ei is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de eieren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het eitje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit ei | deze eieren |
| that, those | dat ei | die eieren |
| which (the … that) | het ei dat … | de eieren die … |
| our | ons ei | onze eieren |
Meaning in English
- egg
Remember ei with Spreek
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