De or het museum?
het museum
museum
/ˌmyˈzeː.ʏm/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het museum
- Plural (meervoud)
- de musea
- Diminutive
- het museumpje
Why het?
- Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de musea whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het museumpje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit museum | deze musea |
| that, those | dat museum | die musea |
| which (the … that) | het museum dat … | de musea die … |
| our | ons museum | onze musea |
Meaning in English
- museum
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