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