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