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