Learn Hardcore Dutch: De bezorger controleerde vandaag de verpakking. - The delivery person checked the packaging today.

Bezorger usually means delivery person / delivery driver / courier, depending on context. It comes from the verb bezorgen, which can mean to deliver.

So de bezorger is:

the person who delivers something
often someone delivering mail, parcels, food, or packages

It does not specifically say whether the person is male or female. In modern English, delivery person is often the safest translation.

Why do both nouns use de: de bezorger and de verpakking?

In Dutch, every noun takes either de or het as its definite article.

Here:

de bezorger = the delivery person
de verpakking = the packaging

A few useful points:

bezorger is a de-word
verpakking is also a de-word
Many nouns ending in -ing are de-words, so verpakking fits a common pattern

Unfortunately, whether a noun takes de or het often has to be memorized, though patterns can help.

How is controleerde formed?