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