De or het juf?
de juf
female teacher, school mistress (female teacher at a primary school
/jʏf/
Forms
- Singular
- de juf
- Plural
- de juffen
- Diminutive
- het jufje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de juf is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de juffen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het jufje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze juf | deze juffen |
| that, those | die juf | die juffen |
| which (the … that) | de juf die … | de juffen die … |
| our | onze juf | onze juffen |
Meaning in English
- female teacher, school mistress (female teacher at a primary school, nursery school or kindergarten)
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