De or het wortel?
de wortel
root (especially of a plant)
/ˈʋɔr.təl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de wortel
- Plural (meervoud)
- de wortels
- Diminutive
- het worteltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de wortel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de wortels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het worteltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze wortel | deze wortels |
| that, those | die wortel | die wortels |
| which (the … that) | de wortel die … | de wortels die … |
| our | onze wortel | onze wortels |
Meaning in English
- root (especially of a plant)
- carrot (Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa)
- square root, root
- zero (of a function), root (of an equation)
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