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