De or het noot?
de noot
nut
/noːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de noot
- Plural (meervoud)
- de noten
- Diminutive
- het nootje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de noot is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de noten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het nootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze noot | deze noten |
| that, those | die noot | die noten |
| which (the … that) | de noot die … | de noten die … |
| our | onze noot | onze noten |
Meaning in English
- nut
- note (musical note)
- note (brief remark)
- note (a commentary or reference appended to a text)
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