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