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