De or het artefact?
het artefact
artifact
/ɑr.tə.fɑkt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het artefact
- Plural (meervoud)
- de artefacten
- Diminutive
- het artefactje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het artefact is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de artefacten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het artefactje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit artefact | deze artefacten |
| that, those | dat artefact | die artefacten |
| which (the … that) | het artefact dat … | de artefacten die … |
| our | ons artefact | onze artefacten |
Meaning in English
- artifact
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