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De or het geweer?

het geweer

rifle

/ɣəˈʋeːr/

Article and plural

Singular
het geweer
Plural (meervoud)
de geweren
Diminutive
het geweertje

Why het?

  • Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de geweren whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het geweertje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit geweerdeze geweren
that, thosedat geweerdie geweren
which (the … that)het geweer dat …de geweren die …
ourons geweeronze geweren

Meaning in English

  1. rifle
  2. gun, in particular a long-barrelled one

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