De or het huid?
de huid
skin
/ɦœy̯t/
Forms
- Singular
- de huid
- Plural
- de huiden
- Diminutive
- het huidje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de huid is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de huiden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het huidje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze huid | deze huiden |
| that, those | die huid | die huiden |
| which (the … that) | de huid die … | de huiden die … |
| our | onze huid | onze huiden |
Meaning in English
- skin
- hide
- the hull of a ship or aircraft
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