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