De or het woud?
het woud
forest, woods, jungle
/ʋɑu̯t/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het woud
- Plural (meervoud)
- de wouden
- Diminutive
- het woudje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het woud is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de wouden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het woudje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit woud | deze wouden |
| that, those | dat woud | die wouden |
| which (the … that) | het woud dat … | de wouden die … |
| our | ons woud | onze wouden |
Meaning in English
- forest, woods, jungle
- mass, multitude, sea (now chiefly in relation to rules and prescriptions)
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