De or het opa?
de opa
granddad, grandpa, pops
Forms
- Singular
- de opa
- Plural
- de opa's
- Diminutive
- het opaatje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de opa is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de opa's whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het opaatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze opa | deze opa's |
| that, those | die opa | die opa's |
| which (the … that) | de opa die … | de opa's die … |
| our | onze opa | onze opa's |
Meaning in English
- granddad, grandpa, pops
- any old man
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