De or het bibliotheek?
de bibliotheek
library
/ˌbi.bli.joːˈteːk/
Forms
- Singular
- de bibliotheek
- Plural
- de bibliotheken
- Diminutive
- het bibliotheekje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bibliotheek is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bibliotheken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bibliotheekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- library
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