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De or het mutant?

de mutant

mutant

/myˈtɑnt/

Article and plural

Singular
de mutant
Plural (meervoud)
de mutanten
Diminutive
het mutantje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de mutant is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de mutanten whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het mutantje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze mutantdeze mutanten
that, thosedie mutantdie mutanten
which (the … that)de mutant die …de mutanten die …
ouronze mutantonze mutanten

Meaning in English

  1. mutant

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