De or het shirt?
het shirt
a T-shirt or other shirt, typically including undershirts
/ʃʏrt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het shirt
- Plural (meervoud)
- de shirts
- Diminutive
- het shirtje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het shirt is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de shirts whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het shirtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit shirt | deze shirts |
| that, those | dat shirt | die shirts |
| which (the … that) | het shirt dat … | de shirts die … |
| our | ons shirt | onze shirts |
Meaning in English
- a T-shirt or other shirt, typically including undershirts
Remember shirt with Spreek
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