De or het buskruit?
het buskruit
gunpowder
/ˈbʏs.krœy̯t/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het buskruit
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het buskruit 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 buskruit |
| that, those | dat buskruit |
| which (the … that) | het buskruit dat … |
| our | ons buskruit |
Meaning in English
- gunpowder
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