De or het brandweer?
de brandweer
firefighting, fire department, fire brigade
/ˈbrɑnt.ʋeːr/
Forms
- Singular
- de brandweer
- Plural
- de brandweren
- Diminutive
- het brandweertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de brandweer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de brandweren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het brandweertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- firefighting, fire department, fire brigade
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