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De or het deskundige?

de deskundige

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/dɛsˈkʏn.də.ɣə/

Article and plural

Singular
de deskundige
Plural (meervoud)
de deskundigen

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de deskundige is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de deskundigen whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze deskundigedeze deskundigen
that, thosedie deskundigedie deskundigen
which (the … that)de deskundige die …de deskundigen die …
ouronze deskundigeonze deskundigen

Meaning in English

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