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