De or het ruit?
de ruit
the shape rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram
/rœy̯t/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ruit
- Plural (meervoud)
- de ruiten
- Diminutive
- het ruitje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ruit is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de ruiten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het ruitje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze ruit | deze ruiten |
| that, those | die ruit | die ruiten |
| which (the … that) | de ruit die … | de ruiten die … |
| our | onze ruit | onze ruiten |
Meaning in English
- the shape rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram
- a plant of the genus Ruta; rue
- one of a number of similar plants, notably the related Thalictrum flava
- any weed
- a lozenge
- a diamond; mostly used in the plural for that card suit
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