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