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De or het werknemer?

← Dutch words

de werknemer

an employee

/ˈʋɛrkˌneː.mər/

Forms

Singular
de werknemer
Plural
de werknemers
Diminutive
het werknemertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. an employee

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