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