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