De or het beslag?

Article and plural

Singular

het beslag

Plural (meervoud)

de beslagen

Diminutive

het beslagje

Why het?

• Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
• Every plural takes de, so it is de beslagen whatever the singular takes.
• Every diminutive takes het: het beslagje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Meaning in English

1. arrest, detention
2. cover (e.g. of a book)
3. a horseshoe
4. a batter, a relatively fluid dough (more fluid than deeg)
5. the state of having reached the final decision or having definitively decided upon an arrangement