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