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