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