De or het planeet?
de planeet
a planet
/plaːˈneːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de planeet
- Plural (meervoud)
- de planeten
- Diminutive
- het planeetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de planeet is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de planeten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het planeetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze planeet | deze planeten |
| that, those | die planeet | die planeten |
| which (the … that) | de planeet die … | de planeten die … |
| our | onze planeet | onze planeten |
Meaning in English
- a planet
Remember planeet with Spreek
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