De or het chauffeur?
de chauffeur
driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus
/ʃoːˈføːr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de chauffeur
- Plural (meervoud)
- de chauffeurs
- Diminutive
- het chauffeurtje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de chauffeur is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de chauffeurs whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het chauffeurtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze chauffeur | deze chauffeurs |
| that, those | die chauffeur | die chauffeurs |
| which (the … that) | de chauffeur die … | de chauffeurs die … |
| our | onze chauffeur | onze chauffeurs |
Meaning in English
- driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus; usually to transport others or in a professional capacity, often both)
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