De or het schild?
het schild
shield
/sxɪlt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het schild
- Plural (meervoud)
- de schilden
- Diminutive
- het schildje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het schild is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de schilden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het schildje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit schild | deze schilden |
| that, those | dat schild | die schilden |
| which (the … that) | het schild dat … | de schilden die … |
| our | ons schild | onze schilden |
Meaning in English
- shield
- shell, carapace, cuttlebone or scale
- signboard
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