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