De or het lood?
het lood
lead
/loːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het lood
- Plural (meervoud)
- de loden
- Diminutive
- het loodje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het lood is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de loden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het loodje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit lood | deze loden |
| that, those | dat lood | die loden |
| which (the … that) | het lood dat … | de loden die … |
| our | ons lood | onze loden |
Meaning in English
- lead
- lot (old unit of weight, equal to 1⁄30 or 1⁄32 of a pound)
- plumb bob, plummet
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