De or het stro?
het stro
straw
Article and plural
- Singular
- het stro
- Diminutive
- het strootje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het stro is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het strootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit stro |
| that, those | dat stro |
| which (the … that) | het stro dat … |
| our | ons stro |
Meaning in English
- straw
Remember stro with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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