De or het video?
de video
video, movie (regardless of medium)
/ˈvi.di.oː/
Forms
- Singular
- de video
- Plural
- de video's
- Diminutive
- het videootje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de video is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de video's whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het videootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze video | deze video's |
| that, those | die video | die video's |
| which (the … that) | de video die … | de video's die … |
| our | onze video | onze video's |
Meaning in English
- video, movie (regardless of medium)
- videotape
- video, video signal or the visual element of a medium
- movie which is on a video tape
- video recorder
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