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De or het dakloze?

de dakloze

homeless person

/ˈdɑkˌloː.zə/

Article and plural

Singular
de dakloze
Plural (meervoud)
de daklozen

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de dakloze is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de daklozen whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze daklozedeze daklozen
that, thosedie daklozedie daklozen
which (the … that)de dakloze die …de daklozen die …
ouronze daklozeonze daklozen

Meaning in English

  1. homeless person

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