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