De or het alarm?
het alarm
alarm
/aːˈlɑrm/
Forms
- Singular
- het alarm
- Plural
- de alarmen
- Diminutive
- het alarmpje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het alarm is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de alarmen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het alarmpje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit alarm | deze alarmen |
| that, those | dat alarm | die alarmen |
| which (the … that) | het alarm dat … | de alarmen die … |
| our | ons alarm | onze alarmen |
Meaning in English
- alarm
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