De or het chirurg?
de chirurg
surgeon
/ʃiˈrʏrx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de chirurg
- Plural (meervoud)
- de chirurgen
- Diminutive
- het chirurgje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de chirurg is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de chirurgen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het chirurgje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze chirurg | deze chirurgen |
| that, those | die chirurg | die chirurgen |
| which (the … that) | de chirurg die … | de chirurgen die … |
| our | onze chirurg | onze chirurgen |
Meaning in English
- surgeon
Remember chirurg with Spreek
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