De or het verkeer?
het verkeer
traffic
/vərˈkeːr/
Forms
- Singular
- het verkeer
- Diminutive
- het verkeertje
Why het?
- Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verkeertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit verkeer |
| that, those | dat verkeer |
| which (the … that) | het verkeer dat … |
| our | ons verkeer |
Meaning in English
- traffic
- verquere, a historical tables game
- intercourse, exchange, dealings
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