De or het bende?
de bende
gang, squad
/ˈbɛn.də/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de bende
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bendes
- Diminutive
- het bendetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bende is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bendes whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bendetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bende | deze bendes |
| that, those | die bende | die bendes |
| which (the … that) | de bende die … | de bendes die … |
| our | onze bende | onze bendes |
Meaning in English
- gang, squad
- mess as in: a disagreeable mixture of a large quantity of objects in disorder resulting from people misbehaving or animals stampeding
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