De or het doorbraak?
de doorbraak
breakthrough (act of breeching or breaking through something)
/ˈdoːr.braːk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de doorbraak
- Plural (meervoud)
- de doorbraken
- Diminutive
- het doorbraakje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de doorbraak is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de doorbraken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het doorbraakje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze doorbraak | deze doorbraken |
| that, those | die doorbraak | die doorbraken |
| which (the … that) | de doorbraak die … | de doorbraken die … |
| our | onze doorbraak | onze doorbraken |
Meaning in English
- breakthrough (act of breeching or breaking through something)
- breakthrough (process or instance of becoming widely known or popular)
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