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