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