De or het hut?
de hut
a small wooden shed, hut
/ɦʏt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de hut
- Plural (meervoud)
- de hutten
- Diminutive
- het hutje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de hut is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de hutten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hutje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze hut | deze hutten |
| that, those | die hut | die hutten |
| which (the … that) | de hut die … | de hutten die … |
| our | onze hut | onze hutten |
Meaning in English
- a small wooden shed, hut
- a primitive dwelling
- a cabin on a boat
- a usually simple recreational lodging, pub, or suchlike for scouting, mountaineering, skiing, and so on
- a roadhouse, inn or pub, sometimes primitive and/or of ill repute
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