De or het slachtoffer?
het slachtoffer
victim
/ˈslɑxtˌɔ.fər/
Forms
- Singular
- het slachtoffer
- Plural
- de slachtoffers
- Diminutive
- het slachtoffertje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het slachtoffer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de slachtoffers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het slachtoffertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit slachtoffer | deze slachtoffers |
| that, those | dat slachtoffer | die slachtoffers |
| which (the … that) | het slachtoffer dat … | de slachtoffers die … |
| our | ons slachtoffer | onze slachtoffers |
Meaning in English
- victim
- sacrificial victim, usually an animal
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