De or het makker?
de makker
a mate, comrade, colleague, fellow, companion,
Article and plural
- Singular
- de makker
- Plural (meervoud)
- de makkers
- Diminutive
- het makkertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de makker is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de makkers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het makkertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze makker | deze makkers |
| that, those | die makker | die makkers |
| which (the … that) | de makker die … | de makkers die … |
| our | onze makker | onze makkers |
Meaning in English
- a mate, comrade, colleague, fellow, companion, (not very close) friend, ally etc.
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