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De or het badkamer?

de badkamer

bathroom

/ˈbɑtˌkaː.mər/

Forms

Singular
de badkamer
Plural
de badkamers
Diminutive
het badkamertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. bathroom

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