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