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