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