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De or het balie?

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de balie

counter (table or board on which business is transacted)

/ˈbaː.li/

Forms

Singular
de balie
Plural
de balies
Diminutive
het balietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. counter (table or board on which business is transacted)
  2. front desk, reception

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