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