De or het ruiter?
de ruiter
a rider, horseman
/ˈrœy̯tər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ruiter
- Plural (meervoud)
- de ruiters
- Diminutive
- het ruitertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ruiter is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de ruiters whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het ruitertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze ruiter | deze ruiters |
| that, those | die ruiter | die ruiters |
| which (the … that) | de ruiter die … | de ruiters die … |
| our | onze ruiter | onze ruiters |
Meaning in English
- a rider, horseman
- an armed horseman, a cavalry soldier
- a tab (small flap or strip of material)
- a tripodic or tetrapodic wooden frame consisting of sticks with crossbars, used to dry certain field crops
- one of various types of sandpiper
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