De or het hulp?
de hulp
help, assistance, rescue
/ɦʏlp/
Forms
- Singular
- de hulp
- Plural
- de hulpen
- Diminutive
- het hulpje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de hulp is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de hulpen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hulpje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- help, assistance, rescue
- helper, aide, assistant, sidekick (also in the masculine gender)
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