De or het watt?
de watt
watt
[ʋɒt]
Article and plural
- Singular
- de watt
- Plural (meervoud)
- de watts
- Diminutive
- het wattje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de watt is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de watts whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het wattje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze watt | deze watts |
| that, those | die watt | die watts |
| which (the … that) | de watt die … | de watts die … |
| our | onze watt | onze watts |
Meaning in English
- watt
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