De or het vampier?
de vampier
a vampire (folkloric blood-sucking monster)
/vɑmˈpiːr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de vampier
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vampiers
- Diminutive
- het vampiertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vampier is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vampiers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vampiertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vampier | deze vampiers |
| that, those | die vampier | die vampiers |
| which (the … that) | de vampier die … | de vampiers die … |
| our | onze vampier | onze vampiers |
Meaning in English
- a vampire (folkloric blood-sucking monster)
- a vampire bat, bat of the subfamily Desmodontinae
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