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De or het verpleegster?

de verpleegster

nurse, sister (senior nurse)

/vərˈpleːx.stər/

Article and plural

Singular
de verpleegster
Plural (meervoud)
de verpleegsters
Diminutive
het verpleegstertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze verpleegsterdeze verpleegsters
that, thosedie verpleegsterdie verpleegsters
which (the … that)de verpleegster die …de verpleegsters die …
ouronze verpleegsteronze verpleegsters

Meaning in English

  1. nurse, sister (senior nurse)

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