De or het vrucht?
de vrucht
fruit (often edible, seed-bearing part of a plant)
/vrʏxt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de vrucht
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vruchten
- Diminutive
- het vruchtje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vrucht is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vruchten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vruchtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vrucht | deze vruchten |
| that, those | die vrucht | die vruchten |
| which (the … that) | de vrucht die … | de vruchten die … |
| our | onze vrucht | onze vruchten |
Meaning in English
- fruit (often edible, seed-bearing part of a plant)
- fruit, i.e. produce, yield, result
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