De or het fragment?
het fragment
a fragment, broken portion
/frɑxˈmɛnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het fragment
- Plural (meervoud)
- de fragmenten
- Diminutive
- het fragmentje
Why het?
- Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de fragmenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het fragmentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit fragment | deze fragmenten |
| that, those | dat fragment | die fragmenten |
| which (the … that) | het fragment dat … | de fragmenten die … |
| our | ons fragment | onze fragmenten |
Meaning in English
- a fragment, broken portion
- a fragment, part of a work (whether due to selection or incompleteness)
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