De or het contact?
het contact
physical contact, touching
/kɔnˈtɑkt/
Forms
- Singular
- het contact
- Plural
- de contacten
- Diminutive
- het contactje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het contact is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de contacten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het contactje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- physical contact, touching
- contact (close association)
- contact (communication, exchange)
- contact (someone with whom communication has been established)
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