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