De or het aankomst?
de aankomst
arrival
/ˈaːŋkɔmst/
Forms
- Singular
- de aankomst
- Plural
- de aankomsten
- Diminutive
- het aankomstje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de aankomst is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de aankomsten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het aankomstje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- arrival
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