De or het verkeerslicht?
het verkeerslicht
traffic light
/vərˈkeːrsˌlɪxt/
Forms
- Singular
- het verkeerslicht
- Plural
- de verkeerslichten
- Diminutive
- het verkeerslichtje
Why het?
- Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verkeerslichten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verkeerslichtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- traffic light
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