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De or het broer?

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de broer

brother (male sibling)

/brur/

Forms

Singular
de broer
Plural
de broers
Diminutive
het broertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. brother (male sibling)
  2. bro

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