De or het zaad?
het zaad
plant seed, either natural or for agri- or horticultural use
/zaːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het zaad
- Plural (meervoud)
- de zaden
- Diminutive
- het zaadje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het zaad is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de zaden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het zaadje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit zaad | deze zaden |
| that, those | dat zaad | die zaden |
| which (the … that) | het zaad dat … | de zaden die … |
| our | ons zaad | onze zaden |
Meaning in English
- plant seed, either natural or for agri- or horticultural use
- sperm, semen
- a figurative seed, germ, modest start
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