De or het vriend?
de vriend
friend
/vrint/
Forms
- Singular
- de vriend
- Plural
- de vrienden
- Diminutive
- het vriendje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vriend is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vrienden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vriendje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vriend | deze vrienden |
| that, those | die vriend | die vrienden |
| which (the … that) | de vriend die … | de vrienden die … |
| our | onze vriend | onze vrienden |
Meaning in English
- friend
- boyfriend (romantic partner)
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