De or het assistent?
de assistent
assistant, person who assists, aid
/ˌɑ.siˈstɛnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de assistent
- Plural (meervoud)
- de assistenten
- Diminutive
- het assistentje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de assistent is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de assistenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het assistentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze assistent | deze assistenten |
| that, those | die assistent | die assistenten |
| which (the … that) | de assistent die … | de assistenten die … |
| our | onze assistent | onze assistenten |
Meaning in English
- assistant, person who assists, aid
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