De or het uur?
het uur
an hour, a period of time
/yr/
Forms
- Singular
- het uur
- Plural
- de uren
- Diminutive
- het uurtje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het uur is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de uren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het uurtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit uur | deze uren |
| that, those | dat uur | die uren |
| which (the … that) | het uur dat … | de uren die … |
| our | ons uur | onze uren |
Meaning in English
- an hour, a period of time
- the hour, the time of day
- o'clock
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