Breakdown of De apotheker controleert de dosering.
controleren
to check
de dosering
the dosage
de apotheker
the pharmacist
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Questions & Answers about De apotheker controleert de dosering.
Why does the sentence start with de twice?
Because de is the definite article the in Dutch.
- de apotheker = the pharmacist
- de dosering = the dosage
Dutch has two main definite articles:
- de for most nouns
- het for neuter singular nouns
Both apotheker and dosering are de-words, so they both take de.
What does apotheker mean exactly? Is it like apothecary?
Yes. Apotheker means pharmacist.
It is historically related to English apothecary, so it may look a bit old-fashioned to English speakers, but in modern Dutch it is the normal everyday word for pharmacist.
Why is the verb controleert and not controleren?