De or het piraat?
de piraat
a pirate, one who plunders at sea
/piˈraːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de piraat
- Plural (meervoud)
- de piraten
- Diminutive
- het piraatje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de piraat is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de piraten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het piraatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze piraat | deze piraten |
| that, those | die piraat | die piraten |
| which (the … that) | de piraat die … | de piraten die … |
| our | onze piraat | onze piraten |
Meaning in English
- a pirate, one who plunders at sea
- a copyright pirate, who produces/ trades in illegal copies of protected products
- a radio pirate
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