De or het idioot?
de idioot
an idiot
/ˌi.diˈ(j)oːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de idioot
- Plural (meervoud)
- de idioten
- Diminutive
- het idiootje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de idioot is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de idioten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het idiootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze idioot | deze idioten |
| that, those | die idioot | die idioten |
| which (the … that) | de idioot die … | de idioten die … |
| our | onze idioot | onze idioten |
Meaning in English
- an idiot
- someone with the mental age of a young child, an idiot
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