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De or het euro?

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de euro

euro (currency)

/ˈøːroː/

Forms

Singular
de euro
Plural
de euro's
Diminutive
het eurootje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de euro is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de euro's whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het eurootje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. euro (currency)
  2. a euro (a coin of that currency)

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