De or het circuit?
het circuit
racetrack
/sɪrˈkʋi/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het circuit
- Plural (meervoud)
- de circuits
- Diminutive
- het circuitje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het circuit is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de circuits whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het circuitje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit circuit | deze circuits |
| that, those | dat circuit | die circuits |
| which (the … that) | het circuit dat … | de circuits die … |
| our | ons circuit | onze circuits |
Meaning in English
- racetrack
- electric circuit
- exclusive group of individuals, clique, circle
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