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