De or het scherm?
het scherm
display screen, monitor
Forms
- Singular
- het scherm
- Plural
- de schermen
- Diminutive
- het schermpje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het scherm is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de schermen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het schermpje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- display screen, monitor
- screen, protection
- awning, sunblind
- umbel
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