De or het appartement?
het appartement
an apartment
/ɑˌpɑrtəˈmɛnt/
Forms
- Singular
- het appartement
- Plural
- de appartementen
- Diminutive
- het appartementje
Why het?
- Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de appartementen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het appartementje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit appartement | deze appartementen |
| that, those | dat appartement | die appartementen |
| which (the … that) | het appartement dat … | de appartementen die … |
| our | ons appartement | onze appartementen |
Meaning in English
- an apartment
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