De or het astma?
het astma
the chronic respiratory disease asthma
/ˈɑs(t)maː/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het astma
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het astma is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit astma |
| that, those | dat astma |
| which (the … that) | het astma dat … |
| our | ons astma |
Meaning in English
- the chronic respiratory disease asthma
Remember astma with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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