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De or het leraar?

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de leraar

a teacher, a person who gives lessons

/ˈleː.raːr/

Forms

Singular
de leraar
Plural
de leraren
Diminutive
het leraartje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a teacher, a person who gives lessons
  2. a Protestant clergyman, a reverend

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