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