De or het sterfgeval?
het sterfgeval
a fatality, the occurrence of someone's death
/ˈstɛrf.xəˌvɑl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het sterfgeval
- Plural (meervoud)
- de sterfgevallen
- Diminutive
- het sterfgevalletje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het sterfgeval is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de sterfgevallen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het sterfgevalletje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit sterfgeval | deze sterfgevallen |
| that, those | dat sterfgeval | die sterfgevallen |
| which (the … that) | het sterfgeval dat … | de sterfgevallen die … |
| our | ons sterfgeval | onze sterfgevallen |
Meaning in English
- a fatality, the occurrence of someone's death
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