De or het piet?
de piet
VIP, important person
Article and plural
- Singular
- de piet
- Plural (meervoud)
- de pieten
- Diminutive
- het pietje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de piet is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de pieten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het pietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze piet | deze pieten |
| that, those | die piet | die pieten |
| which (the … that) | de piet die … | de pieten die … |
| our | onze piet | onze pieten |
Meaning in English
- VIP, important person
- synonym of Zwarte Piet
- canary
- louse
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