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