De or het kamergenoot?
de kamergenoot
roommate
/ˈkaː.mər.ɣəˌnoːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kamergenoot
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kamergenoten
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kamergenoot is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kamergenoten 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 kamergenoot | deze kamergenoten |
| that, those | die kamergenoot | die kamergenoten |
| which (the … that) | de kamergenoot die … | de kamergenoten die … |
| our | onze kamergenoot | onze kamergenoten |
Meaning in English
- roommate
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