De or het concurrent?
de concurrent
a competitor, an economic rival
/ˌkɔŋ.kyˈrɛnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de concurrent
- Plural (meervoud)
- de concurrenten
- Diminutive
- het concurrentje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de concurrent is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de concurrenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het concurrentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze concurrent | deze concurrenten |
| that, those | die concurrent | die concurrenten |
| which (the … that) | de concurrent die … | de concurrenten die … |
| our | onze concurrent | onze concurrenten |
Meaning in English
- a competitor, an economic rival
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