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De or het printer?

de printer

a printer (electronic device for printing papers or three-dimentional

/ˈprɪn.tər/

Forms

Singular
de printer
Plural
de printers
Diminutive
het printertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a printer (electronic device for printing papers or three-dimentional objects)

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