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