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