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