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