De or het licht?
het licht
light, illumination
/lɪxt/
Forms
- Singular
- het licht
- Plural
- de lichten
- Diminutive
- het lichtje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het licht is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de lichten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het lichtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- light, illumination
- light source
- inspiration (in z'n licht opsteken); a bright mind
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