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