De or het chaos?
de chaos
chaos (disorder)
/ˈxaː.ɔs/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de chaos
- Diminutive
- het chaosje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de chaos is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het chaosje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | deze chaos |
| that, those | die chaos |
| which (the … that) | de chaos die … |
| our | onze chaos |
Meaning in English
- chaos (disorder)
- primordial disorder
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