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