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De or het zondaar?

de zondaar

sinner

/ˈzɔn.daːr/

Article and plural

Singular
de zondaar
Plural (meervoud)
de zondaars
Diminutive
het zondaartje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze zondaardeze zondaars
that, thosedie zondaardie zondaars
which (the … that)de zondaar die …de zondaars die …
ouronze zondaaronze zondaars

Meaning in English

  1. sinner

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