De or het meubel?
het meubel
piece of furniture
/ˈmøːbəl/
Forms
- Singular
- het meubel
- Plural
- de meubels
- Diminutive
- het meubeltje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het meubel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de meubels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het meubeltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit meubel | deze meubels |
| that, those | dat meubel | die meubels |
| which (the … that) | het meubel dat … | de meubels die … |
| our | ons meubel | onze meubels |
Meaning in English
- piece of furniture
- person who has been around in an organization for a very long time
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