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