De or het visser?
de visser
a fisher, a fisherman or, less commonly, a fisherwoman
/ˈvɪ.sər/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de visser
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vissers
- Diminutive
- het vissertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de visser is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vissers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vissertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze visser | deze vissers |
| that, those | die visser | die vissers |
| which (the … that) | de visser die … | de vissers die … |
| our | onze visser | onze vissers |
Meaning in English
- a fisher, a fisherman or, less commonly, a fisherwoman
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