De or het masker?
het masker
mask
/ˈmɑs.kər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het masker
- Plural (meervoud)
- de maskers
- Diminutive
- het maskertje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het masker is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de maskers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het maskertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit masker | deze maskers |
| that, those | dat masker | die maskers |
| which (the … that) | het masker dat … | de maskers die … |
| our | ons masker | onze maskers |
Meaning in English
- mask
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