De or het echtgenoot?
de echtgenoot
husband (male partner in a marriage)
/ˈɛ(xt)xəˌnoːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de echtgenoot
- Plural (meervoud)
- de echtgenoten
- Diminutive
- het echtgenootje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de echtgenoot is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de echtgenoten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het echtgenootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze echtgenoot | deze echtgenoten |
| that, those | die echtgenoot | die echtgenoten |
| which (the … that) | de echtgenoot die … | de echtgenoten die … |
| our | onze echtgenoot | onze echtgenoten |
Meaning in English
- husband (male partner in a marriage)
- spouse
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