De or het troep?
de troep
mess, disorder
/trup/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de troep
- Plural (meervoud)
- de troepen
- Diminutive
- het troepje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de troep is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de troepen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het troepje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze troep | deze troepen |
| that, those | die troep | die troepen |
| which (the … that) | de troep die … | de troepen die … |
| our | onze troep | onze troepen |
Meaning in English
- mess, disorder
- group of people or animals (such as a pride of lions or a herd of cows)
- troop
- something unwanted or poor quality; rubbish, gunk, crap, shit
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