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De or het strijder?

de strijder

fighter

/ˈstrɛi̯.dər/

Article and plural

Singular
de strijder
Plural (meervoud)
de strijders
Diminutive
het strijdertje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de strijder is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de strijders whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het strijdertje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze strijderdeze strijders
that, thosedie strijderdie strijders
which (the … that)de strijder die …de strijders die …
ouronze strijderonze strijders

Meaning in English

  1. fighter

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