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