De or het jongere?
de jongere
a young person, an adolescent
Article and plural
- Singular
- de jongere
- Plural (meervoud)
- de jongeren
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de jongere is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de jongeren whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze jongere | deze jongeren |
| that, those | die jongere | die jongeren |
| which (the … that) | de jongere die … | de jongeren die … |
| our | onze jongere | onze jongeren |
Meaning in English
- a young person, an adolescent
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