De or het balkon?
het balkon
balcony
/bɑlˈkɔn/
Forms
- Singular
- het balkon
- Plural
- de balkons
- Diminutive
- het balkonnetje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het balkon is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de balkons whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het balkonnetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- balcony
Remember balkon with Spreek
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