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