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