De or het skelet?
het skelet
skeleton (support structure of an organism; ensemble of animal bones)
/skəˈlɛt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het skelet
- Plural (meervoud)
- de skeletten
- Diminutive
- het skeletje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het skelet is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de skeletten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het skeletje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit skelet | deze skeletten |
| that, those | dat skelet | die skeletten |
| which (the … that) | het skelet dat … | de skeletten die … |
| our | ons skelet | onze skeletten |
Meaning in English
- skeleton (support structure of an organism; ensemble of animal bones)
- frame, skeleton (supporting frame of an inanimate or non-animal object or entity)
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