De or het maagd?
de maagd
a maiden, a (female) virgin
/maːxt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de maagd
- Plural (meervoud)
- de maagden
- Diminutive
- het maagdje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de maagd is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de maagden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het maagdje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze maagd | deze maagden |
| that, those | die maagd | die maagden |
| which (the … that) | de maagd die … | de maagden die … |
| our | onze maagd | onze maagden |
Meaning in English
- a maiden, a (female) virgin
- a virgin of any gender
- a Virgo; someone born with the star sign Virgo
- young girl
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