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