De or het archeoloog?
de archeoloog
archaeologist
/ˌɑr.xeː.oːˈloːx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de archeoloog
- Plural (meervoud)
- de archeologen
- Diminutive
- het archeoloogje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de archeoloog is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de archeologen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het archeoloogje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze archeoloog | deze archeologen |
| that, those | die archeoloog | die archeologen |
| which (the … that) | de archeoloog die … | de archeologen die … |
| our | onze archeoloog | onze archeologen |
Meaning in English
- archaeologist
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