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