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