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