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De or het expert?

de expert

expert

/ɛkˈspɛːr/

Article and plural

Singular
de expert
Plural (meervoud)
de experts
Diminutive
het expertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze expertdeze experts
that, thosedie expertdie experts
which (the … that)de expert die …de experts die …
ouronze expertonze experts

Meaning in English

  1. expert

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