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