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