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De or het profiel?

het profiel

profile (such as an online profile)

/proːˈfil/

Forms

Singular
het profiel
Plural
de profielen
Diminutive
het profieltje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het profiel is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de profielen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het profieltje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit profieldeze profielen
that, thosedat profieldie profielen
which (the … that)het profiel dat …de profielen die …
ourons profielonze profielen

Meaning in English

  1. profile (such as an online profile)
  2. profile (view from the side)
  3. high school specialization; a combination of subjects selected as an individual study track by pupils in Dutch high schools
  4. tread on a tire or the sole of a shoe

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