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