De or het personage?
het personage
character in a work of fiction
/ˌpɛrsɔˈnaːʒə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het personage
- Plural (meervoud)
- de personages
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het personage is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de personages whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit personage | deze personages |
| that, those | dat personage | die personages |
| which (the … that) | het personage dat … | de personages die … |
| our | ons personage | onze personages |
Meaning in English
- character in a work of fiction
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