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De or het artikel?

het artikel

article (report)

/ɑrˈtikəl/

Article and plural

Singular
het artikel
Plural (meervoud)
de artikelen
Diminutive
het artikeltje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het artikel is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de artikelen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het artikeltje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit artikeldeze artikelen
that, thosedat artikeldie artikelen
which (the … that)het artikel dat …de artikelen die …
ourons artikelonze artikelen

Meaning in English

  1. article (report)
  2. article (item, wares)
  3. article (section of a legal document)
  4. article

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