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