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De or het fruit?

het fruit

fruit (produced by trees or bushes, or any sweet vegetable

/frœy̯t/

Forms

Singular
het fruit

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het fruit is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. fruit (produced by trees or bushes, or any sweet vegetable; only literal sense)

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