De or het schaakmat?
het schaakmat
checkmate
Article and plural
- Singular
- het schaakmat
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het schaakmat is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit schaakmat |
| that, those | dat schaakmat |
| which (the … that) | het schaakmat dat … |
| our | ons schaakmat |
Meaning in English
- checkmate
Remember schaakmat with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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