De or het carrière?
de carrière
career, a person's occupation(s)
/ˌkɑ.riˈɛː.rə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de carrière
- Plural (meervoud)
- de carrières
- Diminutive
- het carrièretje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de carrière is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de carrières whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het carrièretje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze carrière | deze carrières |
| that, those | die carrière | die carrières |
| which (the … that) | de carrière die … | de carrières die … |
| our | onze carrière | onze carrières |
Meaning in English
- career, a person's occupation(s)
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