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De or het titel?

de titel

title

Article and plural

Singular
de titel
Plural (meervoud)
de titels
Diminutive
het titeltje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Check the article of another noun

What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze titeldeze titels
that, thosedie titeldie titels
which (the … that)de titel die …de titels die …
ouronze titelonze titels

Meaning in English

  1. title

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