De or het reiziger?
de reiziger
traveler, voyager
/ˈrɛi̯zəɣər/
Forms
- Singular
- de reiziger
- Plural
- de reizigers
- Diminutive
- het reizigertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de reiziger is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de reizigers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het reizigertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze reiziger | deze reizigers |
| that, those | die reiziger | die reizigers |
| which (the … that) | de reiziger die … | de reizigers die … |
| our | onze reiziger | onze reizigers |
Meaning in English
- traveler, voyager
- Dutch people who live in wagons or mobile homes, predominantly descended from 19th-century displaced agricultural workers
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