De or het sterveling?
de sterveling
mortal
Article and plural
- Singular
- de sterveling
- Plural (meervoud)
- de stervelingen
- Diminutive
- het stervelingetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de stervelingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het stervelingetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze sterveling | deze stervelingen |
| that, those | die sterveling | die stervelingen |
| which (the … that) | de sterveling die … | de stervelingen die … |
| our | onze sterveling | onze stervelingen |
Meaning in English
- mortal
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