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