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