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De or het wiel?

het wiel

wheel

/ʋil/

Article and plural

Singular
het wiel
Plural (meervoud)
de wielen
Diminutive
het wieltje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het wiel is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de wielen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het wieltje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit wieldeze wielen
that, thosedat wieldie wielen
which (the … that)het wiel dat …de wielen die …
ourons wielonze wielen

Meaning in English

  1. wheel

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