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