De or het ster?
de ster
star (celestial body)
/stɛr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ster
- Plural (meervoud)
- de sterren
- Diminutive
- het sterretje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ster is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de sterren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het sterretje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze ster | deze sterren |
| that, those | die ster | die sterren |
| which (the … that) | de ster die … | de sterren die … |
| our | onze ster | onze sterren |
Meaning in English
- star (celestial body)
- one who excels in something
- celebrity
- a symbol used to rate restaurants, hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality
- any luminous astronomical or meteorological phenomenon
- a concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points
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