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De or het buik?

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de buik

belly

/bœy̯k/

Forms

Singular
de buik
Plural
de buiken
Diminutive
het buikje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. belly
  2. paunch (referring euphemistically to a protrusive belly)
  3. the lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates

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