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De or het pooier?

de pooier

male pimp

Article and plural

Singular
de pooier
Plural (meervoud)
de pooiers
Diminutive
het pooiertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze pooierdeze pooiers
that, thosedie pooierdie pooiers
which (the … that)de pooier die …de pooiers die …
ouronze pooieronze pooiers

Meaning in English

  1. male pimp

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