De or het ernst?
de ernst
seriousness
/ɛrnst/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ernst
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ernst is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | deze ernst |
| that, those | die ernst |
| which (the … that) | de ernst die … |
| our | onze ernst |
Meaning in English
- seriousness
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