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