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