De or het paard?
het paard
horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus)
/paːrt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het paard
- Plural (meervoud)
- de paarden
- Diminutive
- het paardje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het paard is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de paarden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het paardje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit paard | deze paarden |
| that, those | dat paard | die paarden |
| which (the … that) | het paard dat … | de paarden die … |
| our | ons paard | onze paarden |
Meaning in English
- horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus)
- a knight
- a pommel horse
- a rope hanging beneath a spar or other horizontal beam, often fixed in place by other ropes
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