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