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