De or het hart?
de/het hart
heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body
/ɦɑrt/
Forms
- Singular
- de hart or het hart
- Plural
- de harten
- Diminutive
- het hartje
Why both articles?
- Dictionaries accept both de and het for hart. Pick one and use it consistently.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de harten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hartje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body
- the center point or zone of an object, image etc.
- the core or essence of some thing, reasoning etc.
- compassionate or similar feelings
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