De or het tekst?
de tekst
text
/tɛkst/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de tekst
- Plural (meervoud)
- de teksten
- Diminutive
- het tekstje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tekst is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de teksten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tekstje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tekst | deze teksten |
| that, those | die tekst | die teksten |
| which (the … that) | de tekst die … | de teksten die … |
| our | onze tekst | onze teksten |
Meaning in English
- text
- lyrics
- a large size of type standardized as 16 point
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