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