De or het huurling?
de huurling
mercenary (person employed to fight)
/ˈɦyr.lɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de huurling
- Plural (meervoud)
- de huurlingen
- Diminutive
- het huurlingetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de huurlingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het huurlingetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze huurling | deze huurlingen |
| that, those | die huurling | die huurlingen |
| which (the … that) | de huurling die … | de huurlingen die … |
| our | onze huurling | onze huurlingen |
Meaning in English
- mercenary (person employed to fight)
- a player who plays on one team while being employed by another team (who is out on loan)
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