De or het gevangene?
de gevangene
a prisoner
Article and plural
- Singular
- de gevangene
- Plural (meervoud)
- de gevangenen
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de gevangene is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de gevangenen 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 gevangene | deze gevangenen |
| that, those | die gevangene | die gevangenen |
| which (the … that) | de gevangene die … | de gevangenen die … |
| our | onze gevangene | onze gevangenen |
Meaning in English
- a prisoner
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