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De or het sponsor?

de sponsor

sponsor

/ˈspɔn.sɔr/

Article and plural

Singular
de sponsor
Plural (meervoud)
de sponsors
Diminutive
het sponsortje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze sponsordeze sponsors
that, thosedie sponsordie sponsors
which (the … that)de sponsor die …de sponsors die …
ouronze sponsoronze sponsors

Meaning in English

  1. sponsor

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