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