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