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