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