De or het profiel?
het profiel
profile (such as an online profile)
/proːˈfil/
Forms
- Singular
- het profiel
- Plural
- de profielen
- Diminutive
- het profieltje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het profiel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de profielen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het profieltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- profile (such as an online profile)
- profile (view from the side)
- high school specialization; a combination of subjects selected as an individual study track by pupils in Dutch high schools
- tread on a tyre or the sole of a shoe
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