De or het pestkop?
de pestkop
a bully, who maliciously, systematically bullies or pesters others
/ˈpɛst.kɔp/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de pestkop
- Plural (meervoud)
- de pestkoppen
- Diminutive
- het pestkopje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de pestkop is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de pestkoppen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het pestkopje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze pestkop | deze pestkoppen |
| that, those | die pestkop | die pestkoppen |
| which (the … that) | de pestkop die … | de pestkoppen die … |
| our | onze pestkop | onze pestkoppen |
Meaning in English
- a bully, who maliciously, systematically bullies or pesters others
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