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