De or het patrouille?
de patrouille
patrol (going of the rounds)
/ˌpaːˈtru.jə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de patrouille
- Plural (meervoud)
- de patrouilles
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de patrouille is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de patrouilles 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 patrouille | deze patrouilles |
| that, those | die patrouille | die patrouilles |
| which (the … that) | de patrouille die … | de patrouilles die … |
| our | onze patrouille | onze patrouilles |
Meaning in English
- patrol (going of the rounds)
- patrol (group of guards doing rounds)
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