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