De or het maker?
de maker
maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)
/ˈmaː.kər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de maker
- Plural (meervoud)
- de makers
- Diminutive
- het makertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de maker is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de makers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het makertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze maker | deze makers |
| that, those | die maker | die makers |
| which (the … that) | de maker die … | de makers die … |
| our | onze maker | onze makers |
Meaning in English
- maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)
Remember maker with Spreek
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