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De or het laatstejaars?

de laatstejaars

a student or pupil in one's last year

/ˌlaːt.stəˈjaːrs/

Article and plural

Singular
de laatstejaars
Plural (meervoud)
de laatstejaars

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de laatstejaars is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de laatstejaars whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze laatstejaarsdeze laatstejaars
that, thosedie laatstejaarsdie laatstejaars
which (the … that)de laatstejaars die …de laatstejaars die …
ouronze laatstejaarsonze laatstejaars

Meaning in English

  1. a student or pupil in one's last year, in particular at a university or academic or vocational college

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