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