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De or het familie?

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de familie

relatives (extended kin)

/faːˈmi.li/

Forms

Singular
de familie
Plural
de families

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de familie is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de families whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. relatives (extended kin)
  2. family (close kin)
  3. family

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