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