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