De or het schuld?
de schuld
debt, account payable
/sxʏlt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de schuld
- Plural (meervoud)
- de schulden
- Diminutive
- het schuldje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de schuld is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de schulden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het schuldje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze schuld | deze schulden |
| that, those | die schuld | die schulden |
| which (the … that) | de schuld die … | de schulden die … |
| our | onze schuld | onze schulden |
Meaning in English
- debt, account payable
- any obligor’s duty to perform
- blame, fault (responsibility for a mishap or mistake)
- guilt, culpability
- guilt; fault (condition of moral deficiency)
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