De or het atleet?
de atleet
athlete (a person who actively participates in physical sports
/ɑtˈleːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de atleet
- Plural (meervoud)
- de atleten
- Diminutive
- het atleetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de atleet is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de atleten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het atleetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze atleet | deze atleten |
| that, those | die atleet | die atleten |
| which (the … that) | de atleet die … | de atleten die … |
| our | onze atleet | onze atleten |
Meaning in English
- athlete (a person who actively participates in physical sports, esp. one highly skilled in sports)
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