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De or het ambulance?

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de ambulance

ambulance (emergency vehicle)

/ˌɑm.byˈlɑn.sə/

Forms

Singular
de ambulance
Plural
de ambulances

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ambulance is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de ambulances whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. ambulance (emergency vehicle)

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