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De or het slager?

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de slager

butcher (one who prepares and sells meat and meat products)

/ˈslaː.ɣər/

Forms

Singular
de slager
Plural
de slagers
Diminutive
het slagertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. butcher (one who prepares and sells meat and meat products)

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