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De or het club?

de club

club (an association of members joining together for some common

/klʏp/

Article and plural

Singular
de club
Plural (meervoud)
de clubs
Diminutive
het clubje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze clubdeze clubs
that, thosedie clubdie clubs
which (the … that)de club die …de clubs die …
ouronze clubonze clubs

Meaning in English

  1. club (an association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation)
  2. club (an implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf)
  3. nightclub

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