De or het komeet?
de komeet
comet
/koːˈmeːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de komeet
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kometen
- Diminutive
- het komeetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de komeet is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kometen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het komeetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze komeet | deze kometen |
| that, those | die komeet | die kometen |
| which (the … that) | de komeet die … | de kometen die … |
| our | onze komeet | onze kometen |
Meaning in English
- comet
- a rising star, an up-and-coming thing or person, a raging fashion etc.
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