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De or het krediet?

het krediet

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/krəˈdit/

Forms

Singular
het krediet
Plural
de kredieten
Diminutive
het kredietje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het krediet is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de kredieten whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het kredietje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

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