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De or het carrière?

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de carrière

career, a person's occupation(s)

/ˌkɑ.riˈɛː.rə/

Forms

Singular
de carrière
Plural
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

Meaning in English

  1. career, a person's occupation(s)

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