De or het fotograaf?
de fotograaf
photographer
Article and plural
- Singular
- de fotograaf
- Plural (meervoud)
- de fotografen
- Diminutive
- het fotograafje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de fotograaf is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de fotografen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het fotograafje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze fotograaf | deze fotografen |
| that, those | die fotograaf | die fotografen |
| which (the … that) | de fotograaf die … | de fotografen die … |
| our | onze fotograaf | onze fotografen |
Meaning in English
- photographer
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