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feminine singular
neuter singular
case
masculine singular
nominative
de sterke man
de mooie vrouw
genitive
de mooie vrouw
dative
accusative
de sterke man
Cdo el adj es predicativo no aade e : het book is oud (predic ) een oude boek (atributivo).
Regla plural de sustantivos
Plurals with -en
If youve read the thread about Dutch spelling you now know that a word like man becomes mannen due to a spelling rule.
Other spelling rules, such as f -> v and s -> z, must also be observed:
f ->v
s -> z
However, there are some exceptions where these changes dont occur.
There are also nouns that have a short vowel in the singular get a long vowel after -en is added:
Note: If there is no stress on the -ie, the plural is formed by adding an -s ending.
Plurals with -s
There are also a number of nouns that end with -s in the plural, because they either end a certain way or are borrowed words.
Nouns with two or more syllables ending on an unstressed -el, -em, -en, -er, -erd, -aar, -aard, and all diminutives:
Most loanwords that end in a consonant, which also end in s in the language of origin:
Exceptions to this are de bacterie (bacteria) -> bacterin and de porie (pore) -> porin
The ending s (apostrophe s) is added to words ending in -a, -i, -o, -u or -y. This is necessary because otherwise the vowel length would change (think of the spelling rules):
het blad (sheet/leaf) -> bladeren (leaves (on a tree)) or bladen (sheets (of paper))
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