De or het geneesheer?

The correct Dutch article is:

de geneesheer

  • English: doctor
  • Plural: de geneesheren
  • Diminutive: het geneesheertje
Meaning (Dutch) (beroep, medisch) arts; dokter

How to use geneesheer

the doctorde geneesheer
this doctordeze geneesheer
that doctordie geneesheer
our doctoronze geneesheer
your doctorjouw geneesheer
every doctorelke geneesheer
which doctor?welke geneesheer?
a big doctor / the big doctoreen grote geneesheer, de grote geneesheer
the doctor (plural)de geneesheren, deze geneesheren

Example sentences with geneesheer

  • Is er een geneesheer in het vliegtuig? “Is there a doctor on board?”
  • De overleden heer Schmidt was geneesheer. “The late Mr Smith was a doctor.”
  • Is hij geneesheer? “Is he a doctor?”

Dutch words ending in geneesheer

directeur-geneesheer | arbeidsgeneesheer

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Dutch words starting with geneesheer

geneesheer-directeur

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).