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