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