De or het nest?
het nest
a nest (place to hatch young, especially bird structure)
/nɛst/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het nest
- Plural (meervoud)
- de nesten
- Diminutive
- het nestje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het nest is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de nesten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het nestje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit nest | deze nesten |
| that, those | dat nest | die nesten |
| which (the … that) | het nest dat … | de nesten die … |
| our | ons nest | onze nesten |
Meaning in English
- a nest (place to hatch young, especially bird structure)
- a nest (residence; retreat; hideout; home)
- one's bed
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