De or het tandarts?
de tandarts
dentist
/ˈtɑn.dɑrts/
Forms
- Singular
- de tandarts
- Plural
- de tandartsen
- Diminutive
- het tandartsje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tandarts is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tandartsen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tandartsje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- dentist
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