De or het serienummer?
het serienummer
a serial number
/ˈseː.riˌnʏ.mər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het serienummer
- Plural (meervoud)
- de serienummers
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het serienummer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de serienummers whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit serienummer | deze serienummers |
| that, those | dat serienummer | die serienummers |
| which (the … that) | het serienummer dat … | de serienummers die … |
| our | ons serienummer | onze serienummers |
Meaning in English
- a serial number
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