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De or het patiënt?

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de patiënt

patient, someone who receives therapeutic treatment

/pɑˈʃɛnt/

Forms

Singular
de patiënt
Plural
de patiënten
Diminutive
het patiëntje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. patient, someone who receives therapeutic treatment
  2. someone/something getting some help

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