De or het atoom?
het atoom
an atom (building bloc of molecules)
/aːˈtoːm/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het atoom
- Plural (meervoud)
- de atomen
- Diminutive
- het atoompje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het atoom is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de atomen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het atoompje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit atoom | deze atomen |
| that, those | dat atoom | die atomen |
| which (the … that) | het atoom dat … | de atomen die … |
| our | ons atoom | onze atomen |
Meaning in English
- an atom (building bloc of molecules)
- a tiny bit
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