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