De or het rooster?
de/het rooster
roster, timetable
/ˈroː.stər/
Forms
- Singular
- de rooster or het rooster
- Plural
- de roosters
- Diminutive
- het roostertje
Why both articles?
- Dictionaries accept both de and het for rooster. Pick one and use it consistently.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de roosters whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het roostertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- roster, timetable
- grill, grid a metallic maze-structure; some things containing one
- a device for roasting
- lattice
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