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