De or het jager?
de jager
hunter
/ˈjaːɣər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de jager
- Plural (meervoud)
- de jagers
- Diminutive
- het jagertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de jager is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de jagers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het jagertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze jager | deze jagers |
| that, those | die jager | die jagers |
| which (the … that) | de jager die … | de jagers die … |
| our | onze jager | onze jagers |
Meaning in English
- hunter
- destroyer (type of warship)
- fighter, combat aeroplane
- jaeger, light infantry rifleman, ranger
- skua, any bird of the genus Stercorarius
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