De or het bed?
het bed
bed (furniture for sleeping)
/bɛt/
Forms
- Singular
- het bed
- Plural
- de bedden
- Diminutive
- het bedje
Why het?
- Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bedden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bedje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit bed | deze bedden |
| that, those | dat bed | die bedden |
| which (the … that) | het bed dat … | de bedden die … |
| our | ons bed | onze bedden |
Meaning in English
- bed (furniture for sleeping)
- patch, bed
- layer, often a substratum
- bed of a body of water
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