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