Skip to content

De or het superieur?

de superieur

one's superior

/ˌsy.peː.riˈøːr/

Article and plural

Singular
de superieur
Plural (meervoud)
de superieuren

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de superieur is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de superieuren whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Check the article of another noun

What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze superieurdeze superieuren
that, thosedie superieurdie superieuren
which (the … that)de superieur die …de superieuren die …
ouronze superieuronze superieuren

Meaning in English

  1. one's superior

Remember superieur with Spreek

Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.

See what Spreek does

FreeiPhoneDownload on the App Store (opens in a new tab)