De or het symptoom?
het symptoom
a medical symptom, manifestation of a syndrome
Article and plural
- Singular
- het symptoom
- Plural (meervoud)
- de symptomen
- Diminutive
- het symptoompje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het symptoom is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de symptomen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het symptoompje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit symptoom | deze symptomen |
| that, those | dat symptoom | die symptomen |
| which (the … that) | het symptoom dat … | de symptomen die … |
| our | ons symptoom | onze symptomen |
Meaning in English
- a medical symptom, manifestation of a syndrome
- an indicator, characteristic of the presence of something else
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