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