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