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