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