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De or het dokter?

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de dokter

doctor (physician, medical doctor)

/ˈdɔk.tər/

Forms

Singular
de dokter
Plural
de dokters
Diminutive
het doktertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. doctor (physician, medical doctor)

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