De or het hert?
het hert
a deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae
/ɦɛrt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het hert
- Plural (meervoud)
- de herten
- Diminutive
- het hertje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het hert is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de herten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit hert | deze herten |
| that, those | dat hert | die herten |
| which (the … that) | het hert dat … | de herten die … |
| our | ons hert | onze herten |
Meaning in English
- a deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; sometimes used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use (see derived terms)
- venison, the meat of a deer
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