De or het verkrachter?
de verkrachter
rapist
/vərˈkrɑx.tər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de verkrachter
- Plural (meervoud)
- de verkrachters
- Diminutive
- het verkrachtertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de verkrachter is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verkrachters whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verkrachtertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze verkrachter | deze verkrachters |
| that, those | die verkrachter | die verkrachters |
| which (the … that) | de verkrachter die … | de verkrachters die … |
| our | onze verkrachter | onze verkrachters |
Meaning in English
- rapist
- violator, offender
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