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De or het docent?

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de docent

teacher, docent

/doːˈsɛnt/

Forms

Singular
de docent
Plural
de docenten
Diminutive
het docentje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. teacher, docent

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