De or het engels?
het engels
a unit of mass equal to one twentieth of an ounce
/ˈɛ.ŋəls/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het engels
- Plural (meervoud)
- de engelsen
- Diminutive
- het engelsje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het engels is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de engelsen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het engelsje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit engels | deze engelsen |
| that, those | dat engels | die engelsen |
| which (the … that) | het engels dat … | de engelsen die … |
| our | ons engels | onze engelsen |
Meaning in English
- a unit of mass equal to one twentieth of an ounce, approximately 1.5 grams
- a physical weight used for weighing gold or silver
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