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