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