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