De or het organisme?
het organisme
a biological organism
/ˌɔr.ɣaːˈnɪs.mə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het organisme
- Plural (meervoud)
- de organismen
- Diminutive
- het organismetje
Why het?
- Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de organismen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het organismetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit organisme | deze organismen |
| that, those | dat organisme | die organismen |
| which (the … that) | het organisme dat … | de organismen die … |
| our | ons organisme | onze organismen |
Meaning in English
- a biological organism
Remember organisme with Spreek
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