De or het friet?
de friet
chips, French fries
Article and plural
- Singular
- de friet
- Plural (meervoud)
- de frieten
- Diminutive
- het frietje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de friet is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de frieten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het frietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze friet | deze frieten |
| that, those | die friet | die frieten |
| which (the … that) | de friet die … | de frieten die … |
| our | onze friet | onze frieten |
Meaning in English
- chips, French fries
- a single chip/French fry, or a portion thereof
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