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De or het bon?

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de bon

receipt

/bɔn/

Forms

Singular
de bon
Plural
de bonnen
Diminutive
het bonnetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. receipt
  2. ticket, fine (e.g. for speeding)
  3. voucher

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