De or het professional?
de professional
a professional practitioner of a trade, métier.
Article and plural
- Singular
- de professional
- Plural (meervoud)
- de professionals
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de professional is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de professionals whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze professional | deze professionals |
| that, those | die professional | die professionals |
| which (the … that) | de professional die … | de professionals die … |
| our | onze professional | onze professionals |
Meaning in English
- a professional practitioner of a trade, métier.
- an expert in a (professional) field
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