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