De or het moeder?
de moeder
mother, female parent
/ˈmu.dər/
Forms
- Singular
- de moeder
- Plural
- de moeders
- Diminutive
- het moedertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de moeder is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de moeders whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het moedertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze moeder | deze moeders |
| that, those | die moeder | die moeders |
| which (the … that) | de moeder die … | de moeders die … |
| our | onze moeder | onze moeders |
Meaning in English
- mother, female parent
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