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