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