De or het smid?
de smid
a smith, who forges metal
/smɪt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de smid
- Plural (meervoud)
- de smeden
- Diminutive
- het smidje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de smid is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de smeden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het smidje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze smid | deze smeden |
| that, those | die smid | die smeden |
| which (the … that) | de smid die … | de smeden die … |
| our | onze smid | onze smeden |
Meaning in English
- a smith, who forges metal
- the tree frog species Boana faber, whose call resounds like a smith's hammer coming down
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