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