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