De or het ader?
de ader
vein
/ˈaː.dər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ader
- Plural (meervoud)
- de aders
- Diminutive
- het adertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ader is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de aders whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het adertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze ader | deze aders |
| that, those | die ader | die aders |
| which (the … that) | de ader die … | de aders die … |
| our | onze ader | onze aders |
Meaning in English
- vein
- any narrow and long passageway essential to a larger networked system such as roads
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