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De or het huurmoordenaar?

de huurmoordenaar

contract killer, (hired) assassin

/ˈɦyːrˌmoːr.də.naːr/

Article and plural

Singular
de huurmoordenaar
Plural (meervoud)
de huurmoordenaars
Diminutive
het huurmoordenaartje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze huurmoordenaardeze huurmoordenaars
that, thosedie huurmoordenaardie huurmoordenaars
which (the … that)de huurmoordenaar die …de huurmoordenaars die …
ouronze huurmoordenaaronze huurmoordenaars

Meaning in English

  1. contract killer, (hired) assassin

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