De or het raket?
de raket
rocket, missile
/raːˈkɛt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de raket
- Plural (meervoud)
- de raketten
- Diminutive
- het raketje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de raket is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de raketten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het raketje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze raket | deze raketten |
| that, those | die raket | die raketten |
| which (the … that) | de raket die … | de raketten die … |
| our | onze raket | onze raketten |
Meaning in English
- rocket, missile
- firework
- a type of ice cream in the shape of a rocket
- any plant of the genus Sisymbrium
- any of various plants resembling plants of the genus Sisymbrium, generally also of the Brassicaceae family
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