De or het lid?
het lid
member (of a group)
/lɪt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het lid
- Plural (meervoud)
- de leden
- Diminutive
- het lidje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het lid is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de leden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het lidje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit lid | deze leden |
| that, those | dat lid | die leden |
| which (the … that) | het lid dat … | de leden die … |
| our | ons lid | onze leden |
Meaning in English
- member (of a group)
- member, limb (extremity of a body)
- paragraph, subsection (legislative drafting)
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