De or het verwant?
de verwant
relative, family member, including distant relatives
/vərˈʋɑnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de verwant
- Plural (meervoud)
- de verwanten
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de verwant is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verwanten 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 verwant | deze verwanten |
| that, those | die verwant | die verwanten |
| which (the … that) | de verwant die … | de verwanten die … |
| our | onze verwant | onze verwanten |
Meaning in English
- relative, family member, including distant relatives
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