De or het kijker?
de kijker
telescope
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kijker
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kijkers
- Diminutive
- het kijkertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kijker is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kijkers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kijkertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kijker | deze kijkers |
| that, those | die kijker | die kijkers |
| which (the … that) | de kijker die … | de kijkers die … |
| our | onze kijker | onze kijkers |
Meaning in English
- telescope
- pair of binoculars
- viewer (person who looks at something)
- TV watcher
- eye, keeker
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