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