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De or het actrice?

de actrice

actress

/ˌɑkˈtri.sə/

Article and plural

Singular
de actrice
Plural (meervoud)
de actrices
Diminutive
het actricetje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de actrice is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de actrices whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het actricetje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze actricedeze actrices
that, thosedie actricedie actrices
which (the … that)de actrice die …de actrices die …
ouronze actriceonze actrices

Meaning in English

  1. actress

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