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De or het bloem?

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de bloem

flower, bloom of flowering plant

/blum/

Forms

Singular
de bloem
Plural
de bloemen
Diminutive
het bloempje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. flower, bloom of flowering plant
  2. flour of wheat or corn

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