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De or het werkgever?

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de werkgever

an employer

/ˌʋɛrkˈxeː.vər/

Forms

Singular
de werkgever
Plural
de werkgevers
Diminutive
het werkgevertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. an employer

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