De or het burger?
de burger
citizen, civilian
/ˈbʏr.ɣər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de burger
- Plural (meervoud)
- de burgers
- Diminutive
- het burgertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de burger is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de burgers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het burgertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze burger | deze burgers |
| that, those | die burger | die burgers |
| which (the … that) | de burger die … | de burgers die … |
| our | onze burger | onze burgers |
Meaning in English
- citizen, civilian
- a burger; a hamburger or similar type of fast food, typically but not necessarily containing meat
- middle-class or bourgeois person, burgher
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