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