De or het satelliet?
de satelliet
satellite (natural: e.g. Phobos and Deimos)
/ˌsaː.təˈlit/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de satelliet
- Plural (meervoud)
- de satellieten
- Diminutive
- het satellietje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de satelliet is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de satellieten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het satellietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze satelliet | deze satellieten |
| that, those | die satelliet | die satellieten |
| which (the … that) | de satelliet die … | de satellieten die … |
| our | onze satelliet | onze satellieten |
Meaning in English
- satellite (natural: e.g. Phobos and Deimos)
- satellite (artificial: e.g. Sputnik)
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