De or het verpleegkundige?
de verpleegkundige
nurse
/vərˌpleːxˈkʏn.də.ɣə/
Forms
- Singular
- de verpleegkundige
- Plural
- de verpleegkundigen
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de verpleegkundige is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verpleegkundigen whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze verpleegkundige | deze verpleegkundigen |
| that, those | die verpleegkundige | die verpleegkundigen |
| which (the … that) | de verpleegkundige die … | de verpleegkundigen die … |
| our | onze verpleegkundige | onze verpleegkundigen |
Meaning in English
- nurse
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