De or het onderzoek?
het onderzoek
research, experiment, study, trial, test, survey
/ˈɔn.dərˌzuk/
Forms
- Singular
- het onderzoek
- Plural
- de onderzoeken
- Diminutive
- het onderzoekje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het onderzoek is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de onderzoeken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het onderzoekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- research, experiment, study, trial, test, survey
- investigation, inquiry, examination, survey
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