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