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