De or het mensenleven?
het mensenleven
a human life
/ˈmɛn.sə(n)ˌleː.və(n)/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het mensenleven
- Plural (meervoud)
- de mensenlevens
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het mensenleven is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de mensenlevens whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit mensenleven | deze mensenlevens |
| that, those | dat mensenleven | die mensenlevens |
| which (the … that) | het mensenleven dat … | de mensenlevens die … |
| our | ons mensenleven | onze mensenlevens |
Meaning in English
- a human life
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