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