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