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