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