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De or het loser?

de loser

loser

Article and plural

Singular
de loser
Plural (meervoud)
de losers
Diminutive
het losertje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de loser is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de losers whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het losertje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze loserdeze losers
that, thosedie loserdie losers
which (the … that)de loser die …de losers die …
ouronze loseronze losers

Meaning in English

  1. loser

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