De or het spel?
het spel
game
/spɛl/
Forms
- Singular
- het spel
- Plural
- de spellen
- Diminutive
- het spelletje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het spel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de spellen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het spelletje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit spel | deze spellen |
| that, those | dat spel | die spellen |
| which (the … that) | het spel dat … | de spellen die … |
| our | ons spel | onze spellen |
Meaning in English
- game
- playing (e.g. of a musical instrument)
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