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