De or het potlood?
het potlood
a pencil
/ˈpɔt.loːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het potlood
- Plural (meervoud)
- de potloden
- Diminutive
- het potloodje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het potlood is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de potloden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het potloodje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit potlood | deze potloden |
| that, those | dat potlood | die potloden |
| which (the … that) | het potlood dat … | de potloden die … |
| our | ons potlood | onze potloden |
Meaning in English
- a pencil
- graphite
- graphite powder
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