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