De or het kabouter?
de kabouter
a (now usually benevolent) tiny folkloric bearded man who
/ˌkaːˈbɑu̯.tər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kabouter
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kabouters
- Diminutive
- het kaboutertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kabouter is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kabouters whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kaboutertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kabouter | deze kabouters |
| that, those | die kabouter | die kabouters |
| which (the … that) | de kabouter die … | de kabouters die … |
| our | onze kabouter | onze kabouters |
Meaning in English
- a (now usually benevolent) tiny folkloric bearded man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms or trees, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or brownie
- a very young female member of the scout movement
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