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