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