"De ouders."

Translation: The parents.

[TrentNock]

Is this a direct translation to "the olds"?
Like slangy English?

[Susande]

No, that would be de ouderen which is standard language for elderly people. Also de jongeren (the youngsters) exists.

[TrentNock]

Thank you for the reply :)

[PaulaPelayo24]

Thanks for the explanation, but it still kinda sounds like "the olds". It'd be a bit rude though... By the way, in Spanish the rude way to say "parents" is "viejos": "old ones"

[JHezza]

I think it sounds like "the elders", which makes it a bit easier to remember

[Nierls]

Ouders means olders (elders), they're etymologically linked.

[tara_more]

How about the singular form? Is it "de ouder" or "het ouder"?

[Nierls]

Ouder is a de word

[edanski]

I've pronounced this correclty every time I've said it and it's not accepted my answer once-really need to sort this out, it's so annoying saying "de ouders" over 10 times in a row, for duolingo to not even recognise me saying "de"

[ssaturnblue]

What is the difference between (parents) and (parents')?

[Nierls]

The parents’ is equal to the parents’s, so “of the parents”.
“The parents’ home” = “The home of the parents”. Dunno why you ask it for this question though?

[DutchessMK]

Explain to me how im not sposed to get confused when this also means grandparents

[Nierls]

It doesn’t, grandparents is grootouders