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De or het geboortedatum?

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de geboortedatum

date of birth

Forms

Singular
de geboortedatum
Plural
de geboortedata
Diminutive
het geboortedatumpje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. date of birth

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