De or het kunstwerk?
het kunstwerk
work of art
/ˈkʏnst.ʋɛrk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het kunstwerk
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kunstwerken
- Diminutive
- het kunstwerkje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het kunstwerk is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kunstwerken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kunstwerkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit kunstwerk | deze kunstwerken |
| that, those | dat kunstwerk | die kunstwerken |
| which (the … that) | het kunstwerk dat … | de kunstwerken die … |
| our | ons kunstwerk | onze kunstwerken |
Meaning in English
- work of art
- a man-made structure built with materials other than earth and sand, such as bridges, culverts, viaducts, tunnels, etc.
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