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