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