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