De or het experiment?
het experiment
experiment
/ˌɛks.peː.riˈmɛnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het experiment
- Plural (meervoud)
- de experimenten
- Diminutive
- het experimentje
Why het?
- Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de experimenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het experimentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit experiment | deze experimenten |
| that, those | dat experiment | die experimenten |
| which (the … that) | het experiment dat … | de experimenten die … |
| our | ons experiment | onze experimenten |
Meaning in English
- experiment
Remember experiment with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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