De or het fonds?
het fonds
fund (amount of money, usually on an account
Article and plural
- Singular
- het fonds
- Plural (meervoud)
- de fondsen
- Diminutive
- het fondsje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het fonds is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de fondsen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het fondsje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit fonds | deze fondsen |
| that, those | dat fonds | die fondsen |
| which (the … that) | het fonds dat … | de fondsen die … |
| our | ons fonds | onze fondsen |
Meaning in English
- fund (amount of money, usually on an account, destined for some purpose)
- stock (e.g. in an exchange)
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