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