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