De or het rijk?
het rijk
a realm, kingdom ruled by a monarch
/rɛi̯k/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het rijk
- Plural (meervoud)
- de rijken
- Diminutive
- het rijkje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het rijk is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de rijken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het rijkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit rijk | deze rijken |
| that, those | dat rijk | die rijken |
| which (the … that) | het rijk dat … | de rijken die … |
| our | ons rijk | onze rijken |
Meaning in English
- a realm, kingdom ruled by a monarch
- an empire under the sway of a dominant (e.g. colonial) power
- the state, notably in a monarchy ('the crown')
- kingdom
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