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