De or het arts?
de arts
physician, doctor
/ɑrts/
Forms
- Singular
- de arts
- Plural
- de artsen
- Diminutive
- het artsje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de arts is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de artsen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het artsje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze arts | deze artsen |
| that, those | die arts | die artsen |
| which (the … that) | de arts die … | de artsen die … |
| our | onze arts | onze artsen |
Meaning in English
- physician, doctor
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