De or het ivoor?
het ivoor
ivory, a hard natural material from elephant tusks and some other
Article and plural
- Singular
- het ivoor
- Plural (meervoud)
- de ivoren
- Diminutive
- het ivoortje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het ivoor is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de ivoren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het ivoortje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit ivoor | deze ivoren |
| that, those | dat ivoor | die ivoren |
| which (the … that) | het ivoor dat … | de ivoren die … |
| our | ons ivoor | onze ivoren |
Meaning in English
- ivory, a hard natural material from elephant tusks and some other mammals' teeth
- an ivory artifact
- the color of ivory
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