De or het heiden?
de heiden
heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
/ˈɦɛi̯.də(n)/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de heiden
- Plural (meervoud)
- de heidenen
- Diminutive
- het heidentje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de heiden is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de heidenen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het heidentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze heiden | deze heidenen |
| that, those | die heiden | die heidenen |
| which (the … that) | de heiden die … | de heidenen die … |
| our | onze heiden | onze heidenen |
Meaning in English
- heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
- gentile, non-Jew
- barbarian, Philistine in the uncivilised sense
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