De or het familie?
de familie
relatives (extended kin)
/faːˈmi.li/
Forms
- Singular
- de familie
- Plural
- de families
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de familie is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de families whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze familie | deze families |
| that, those | die familie | die families |
| which (the … that) | de familie die … | de families die … |
| our | onze familie | onze families |
Meaning in English
- relatives (extended kin)
- family (close kin)
- family
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