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