De or het vreemdeling?
de vreemdeling
stranger (unfamiliar person hailing from elsewhere)
/ˈvreːm.dəˌlɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de vreemdeling
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vreemdelingen
- Diminutive
- het vreemdelingetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vreemdelingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vreemdelingetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vreemdeling | deze vreemdelingen |
| that, those | die vreemdeling | die vreemdelingen |
| which (the … that) | de vreemdeling die … | de vreemdelingen die … |
| our | onze vreemdeling | onze vreemdelingen |
Meaning in English
- stranger (unfamiliar person hailing from elsewhere)
- foreigner
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