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