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