De or het hoogtevrees?
de hoogtevrees
acrophobia, fear of heights
/ˈɦoːx.təˌvreːs/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de hoogtevrees
- Diminutive
- het hoogtevreesje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de hoogtevrees is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hoogtevreesje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | deze hoogtevrees |
| that, those | die hoogtevrees |
| which (the … that) | de hoogtevrees die … |
| our | onze hoogtevrees |
Meaning in English
- acrophobia, fear of heights
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