De or het toets?
de toets
test, examination
/tuts/
Forms
- Singular
- de toets
- Plural
- de toetsen
- Diminutive
- het toetsje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de toets is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de toetsen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het toetsje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- test, examination
- button, key (on a keyboard or other input device)
- fingerboard (e.g. on a violin)
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