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De or het brand?

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de brand

destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

/brɑnt/

Forms

Singular
de brand
Plural
de branden
Diminutive
het brandje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

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