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