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