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De or het bakker?

← Dutch words

de bakker

baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)

/ˈbɑ.kər/

Forms

Singular
de bakker
Plural
de bakkers
Diminutive
het bakkertje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bakker is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de bakkers whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het bakkertje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)

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