De or het initiaal?
de initiaal
initial, a first letter of a name
Article and plural
- Singular
- de initiaal
- Plural (meervoud)
- de initialen
- Diminutive
- het initiaaltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de initiaal is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de initialen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het initiaaltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze initiaal | deze initialen |
| that, those | die initiaal | die initialen |
| which (the … that) | de initiaal die … | de initialen die … |
| our | onze initiaal | onze initialen |
Meaning in English
- initial, a first letter of a name
- drop cap, initial, a large, usually ornate first letter in a manuscript or printed text
Remember initiaal with Spreek
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