De or het muzikant?
de muzikant
musician (a person who plays or sings music)
/ˌmy.ziˈkɑnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de muzikant
- Plural (meervoud)
- de muzikanten
- Diminutive
- het muzikantje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de muzikant is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de muzikanten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het muzikantje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze muzikant | deze muzikanten |
| that, those | die muzikant | die muzikanten |
| which (the … that) | de muzikant die … | de muzikanten die … |
| our | onze muzikant | onze muzikanten |
Meaning in English
- musician (a person who plays or sings music)
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