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De or het verzamelaar?

de verzamelaar

collector (e.g. of art)

/vərˈzaːməlaːr/

Article and plural

Singular
de verzamelaar
Plural (meervoud)
de verzamelaars
Diminutive
het verzamelaartje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze verzamelaardeze verzamelaars
that, thosedie verzamelaardie verzamelaars
which (the … that)de verzamelaar die …de verzamelaars die …
ouronze verzamelaaronze verzamelaars

Meaning in English

  1. collector (e.g. of art)

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