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