De or het alien?
de alien
an alien, an extraterrestrial
/ˈeː.li.ən/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de alien
- Plural (meervoud)
- de aliens
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de alien is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de aliens whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze alien | deze aliens |
| that, those | die alien | die aliens |
| which (the … that) | de alien die … | de aliens die … |
| our | onze alien | onze aliens |
Meaning in English
- an alien, an extraterrestrial
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