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De or het fiets?

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de fiets

bicycle

/fits/

Forms

Singular
de fiets
Plural
de fietsen
Diminutive
het fietsje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. bicycle
  2. motorbike

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