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De or het dak?

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het dak

roof

/dɑk/

Forms

Singular
het dak
Plural
de daken
Diminutive
het dakje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. roof

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