De or het volgeling?
de volgeling
follower
Article and plural
- Singular
- de volgeling
- Plural (meervoud)
- de volgelingen
- Diminutive
- het volgelingetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de volgelingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het volgelingetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze volgeling | deze volgelingen |
| that, those | die volgeling | die volgelingen |
| which (the … that) | de volgeling die … | de volgelingen die … |
| our | onze volgeling | onze volgelingen |
Meaning in English
- follower
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