De or het huurder?
de huurder
hirer, renter (one who hires something)
Forms
- Singular
- de huurder
- Plural
- de huurders
- Diminutive
- het huurdertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de huurder is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de huurders whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het huurdertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze huurder | deze huurders |
| that, those | die huurder | die huurders |
| which (the … that) | de huurder die … | de huurders die … |
| our | onze huurder | onze huurders |
Meaning in English
- hirer, renter (one who hires something)
- tenant (of real estate, notably a home or room or apartment)
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