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De or het sensor?

de sensor

sensor

/ˈsɛn.zɔr/

Article and plural

Singular
de sensor
Plural (meervoud)
de sensoren
Diminutive
het sensortje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze sensordeze sensoren
that, thosedie sensordie sensoren
which (the … that)de sensor die …de sensoren die …
ouronze sensoronze sensoren

Meaning in English

  1. sensor

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