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