De or het nerd?
de nerd
nerd
/nøːrt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de nerd
- Plural (meervoud)
- de nerds
- Diminutive
- het nerdje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de nerd is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de nerds whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het nerdje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze nerd | deze nerds |
| that, those | die nerd | die nerds |
| which (the … that) | de nerd die … | de nerds die … |
| our | onze nerd | onze nerds |
Meaning in English
- nerd
Remember nerd with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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