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