De or het agent?
de agent
a police officer
/aːˈɣɛnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de agent
- Plural (meervoud)
- de agenten
- Diminutive
- het agentje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de agent is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de agenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het agentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze agent | deze agenten |
| that, those | die agent | die agenten |
| which (the … that) | de agent die … | de agenten die … |
| our | onze agent | onze agenten |
Meaning in English
- a police officer
- a police officer of the low(est) rank, constable, junior officer
- an undercover agent; intelligence officer, secret agent
- a broker
- a middleman, surrogate
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