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De or het fietspad?

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het fietspad

cycle path

/ˈfits.pɑt/

Forms

Singular
het fietspad
Plural
de fietspaden
Diminutive
het fietspadje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. cycle path

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