De or het brood?
het brood
bread
/broːt/
Forms
- Singular
- het brood
- Plural
- de broden
- Diminutive
- het broodje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het brood is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de broden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het broodje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- bread
- a loaf of bread
- a similar bakery product or other baked dish
- someone's livelihood
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