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De or het appartement?

het appartement

an apartment

/ɑˌpɑrtəˈmɛnt/

Forms

Singular
het appartement
Plural
de appartementen
Diminutive
het appartementje

Why het?

  • Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de appartementen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het appartementje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. an apartment

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