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De or het cursus?

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de cursus

an educational course

/ˈkʏr.zʏs/

Forms

Singular
de cursus
Plural
de cursussen
Diminutive
het cursusje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de cursus is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de cursussen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het cursusje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. an educational course, on its own or as part of an academic or evening school curriculum
  2. the documentation associated with a course, usually compiled by teachers themselves

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