De or het bedelaar?
de bedelaar
a beggar, a mendicant, who requests alms or handouts
/ˈbeː.dəˌlaːr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de bedelaar
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bedelaars
- Diminutive
- het bedelaartje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bedelaar is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bedelaars whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bedelaartje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bedelaar | deze bedelaars |
| that, those | die bedelaar | die bedelaars |
| which (the … that) | de bedelaar die … | de bedelaars die … |
| our | onze bedelaar | onze bedelaars |
Meaning in English
- a beggar, a mendicant, who requests alms or handouts
- a pauper, one who can't properly provide in his/her own/family's needs
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