De or het bloed?
het bloed
blood
/blut/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het bloed
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het bloed 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 bloed |
| that, those | dat bloed |
| which (the … that) | het bloed dat … |
| our | ons bloed |
Meaning in English
- blood
- a grave consequence, a high price
- a whole body; especially (plural also (archaic) bloeien in this sense) a (poor) person
Remember bloed with Spreek
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