De or het overlevende?
de overlevende
survivor (one who has survived some disaster)
/ˌoː.vərˈleː.vən.də/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de overlevende
- Plural (meervoud)
- de overlevenden
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de overlevende is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de overlevenden 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 overlevende | deze overlevenden |
| that, those | die overlevende | die overlevenden |
| which (the … that) | de overlevende die … | de overlevenden die … |
| our | onze overlevende | onze overlevenden |
Meaning in English
- survivor (one who has survived some disaster)
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