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