De or het ondergoed?
het ondergoed
underwear
/ˈɔndərˌɣut/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het ondergoed
- Diminutive
- het ondergoedje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het ondergoed is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het ondergoedje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit ondergoed |
| that, those | dat ondergoed |
| which (the … that) | het ondergoed dat … |
| our | ons ondergoed |
Meaning in English
- underwear
Remember ondergoed with Spreek
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