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