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De or het bokser?

de bokser

boxer (participant in a boxing match)

/ˈbɔk.sər/

Article and plural

Singular
de bokser
Plural (meervoud)
de boksers

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bokser is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de boksers whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze bokserdeze boksers
that, thosedie bokserdie boksers
which (the … that)de bokser die …de boksers die …
ouronze bokseronze boksers

Meaning in English

  1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)

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