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