De or het zelfmoord?
de zelfmoord
suicide
/ˈzɛlf.moːrt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de zelfmoord
- Plural (meervoud)
- de zelfmoorden
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de zelfmoord is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de zelfmoorden 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 zelfmoord | deze zelfmoorden |
| that, those | die zelfmoord | die zelfmoorden |
| which (the … that) | de zelfmoord die … | de zelfmoorden die … |
| our | onze zelfmoord | onze zelfmoorden |
Meaning in English
- suicide
- self-destruction, self-destructive behavior
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