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De or het vrouwe?

de vrouwe

noblewoman

Article and plural

Singular
de vrouwe
Plural (meervoud)
de vrouwen
Diminutive
het vrouwtje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vrouwe is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de vrouwen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het vrouwtje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze vrouwedeze vrouwen
that, thosedie vrouwedie vrouwen
which (the … that)de vrouwe die …de vrouwen die …
ouronze vrouweonze vrouwen

Meaning in English

  1. noblewoman
  2. esteemed woman

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