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