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