De or het apparaat?
het apparaat
apparatus, device
/ˌɑ.paːˈraːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het apparaat
- Plural (meervoud)
- de apparaten
- Diminutive
- het apparaatje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het apparaat is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de apparaten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het apparaatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit apparaat | deze apparaten |
| that, those | dat apparaat | die apparaten |
| which (the … that) | het apparaat dat … | de apparaten die … |
| our | ons apparaat | onze apparaten |
Meaning in English
- apparatus, device
- apparatus, staff who work directly on maintaining operations; in particular those of a bureaucracy
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