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