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