De or het geleerde?
de geleerde
academic or otherwise learned expert; scholar, scientist
/ɣəˈleːr.də/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de geleerde
- Plural (meervoud)
- de geleerden
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de geleerde is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de geleerden whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze geleerde | deze geleerden |
| that, those | die geleerde | die geleerden |
| which (the … that) | de geleerde die … | de geleerden die … |
| our | onze geleerde | onze geleerden |
Meaning in English
- academic or otherwise learned expert; scholar, scientist
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