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