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De or het deelnemer?

de deelnemer

participant

/ˈdeːlˌneː.mər/

Article and plural

Singular
de deelnemer
Plural (meervoud)
de deelnemers
Diminutive
het deelnemertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze deelnemerdeze deelnemers
that, thosedie deelnemerdie deelnemers
which (the … that)de deelnemer die …de deelnemers die …
ouronze deelnemeronze deelnemers

Meaning in English

  1. participant

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