De or het heer?
de heer
a gentleman
/ɦeːr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de heer
- Plural (meervoud)
- de heren
- Diminutive
- het heertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de heer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de heren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het heertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze heer | deze heren |
| that, those | die heer | die heren |
| which (the … that) | de heer die … | de heren die … |
| our | onze heer | onze heren |
Meaning in English
- a gentleman
- a lord; master
- a cleric, notably a Catholic priest
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