De or het rechercheur?
de rechercheur
police detective, police investigator
/ˌreː.ʃɛrˈʒøːr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de rechercheur
- Plural (meervoud)
- de rechercheurs
- Diminutive
- het rechercheurtje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de rechercheur is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de rechercheurs whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het rechercheurtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze rechercheur | deze rechercheurs |
| that, those | die rechercheur | die rechercheurs |
| which (the … that) | de rechercheur die … | de rechercheurs die … |
| our | onze rechercheur | onze rechercheurs |
Meaning in English
- police detective, police investigator
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