De or het film?
de film
a film production, movie
/fɪlm/
Forms
- Singular
- de film
- Plural
- de films
- Diminutive
- het filmpje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de film is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de films whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het filmpje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze film | deze films |
| that, those | die film | die films |
| which (the … that) | de film die … | de films die … |
| our | onze film | onze films |
Meaning in English
- a film production, movie
- a film, thin layer or membrane; especially the physical medium film
- the movie sector, cinema
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