De or het dame?
de dame
noblewoman
/ˈdaː.mə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de dame
- Plural (meervoud)
- de dames
- Diminutive
- het dametje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de dame is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de dames whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het dametje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze dame | deze dames |
| that, those | die dame | die dames |
| which (the … that) | de dame die … | de dames die … |
| our | onze dame | onze dames |
Meaning in English
- noblewoman
- Polite term or title of address for any (adult or adolescent) woman.
- queen
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