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De or het arm?

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de arm

arm

/ɑrm/

Forms

Singular
de arm
Plural
de armen
Diminutive
het armpje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de arm is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de armen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het armpje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. arm
  2. branch (especially of streams and organisations)

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