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