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