De or het archief?
het archief
archive (place for storing earlier informative material)
/ɑrˈxif/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het archief
- Plural (meervoud)
- de archieven
- Diminutive
- het archiefje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het archief is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de archieven whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het archiefje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit archief | deze archieven |
| that, those | dat archief | die archieven |
| which (the … that) | het archief dat … | de archieven die … |
| our | ons archief | onze archieven |
Meaning in English
- archive (place for storing earlier informative material)
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