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De or het buurman?

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de buurman

neighbour (male)

/ˈbyːr.mɑn/

Forms

Singular
de buurman
Plural
de buurmannen
Diminutive
het buurmannetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. neighbour (male)

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