De or het contract?
het contract
contract
/kɔnˈtrɑkt/
Forms
- Singular
- het contract
- Plural
- de contracten
- Diminutive
- het contractje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het contract is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de contracten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het contractje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- contract
Remember contract with Spreek
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