De or het leraar?
de leraar
a teacher, a person who gives lessons
/ˈleː.raːr/
Forms
- Singular
- de leraar
- Plural
- de leraren
- Diminutive
- het leraartje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de leraar is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de leraren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het leraartje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze leraar | deze leraren |
| that, those | die leraar | die leraren |
| which (the … that) | de leraar die … | de leraren die … |
| our | onze leraar | onze leraren |
Meaning in English
- a teacher, a person who gives lessons
- a Protestant clergyman, a reverend
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