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