De or het buurvrouw?
de buurvrouw
neighbour (female)
/ˈbyːr.vrɑu̯/
Forms
- Singular
- de buurvrouw
- Plural
- de buurvrouwen
- Diminutive
- het buurvrouwtje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de buurvrouw is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de buurvrouwen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het buurvrouwtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- neighbour (female)
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