De or het link?
de link
hyperlink
/lɪŋk/
Forms
- Singular
- de link
- Plural
- de links
- Diminutive
- het linkje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de link is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de links whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het linkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- hyperlink
- physical connection, as in a hardware cable
- logical connection, as in reasoning about causality
Remember link with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
FreeiPhone
(opens in a new tab)