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De or het vader?

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de vader

father, male parent

/ˈvaː.dər/

Forms

Singular
de vader
Plural
de vaders
Diminutive
het vadertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. father, male parent
  2. forefather

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