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De or het gebruikersnaam?

de gebruikersnaam

username

Forms

Singular
de gebruikersnaam
Plural
de gebruikersnamen
Diminutive
het gebruikersnaampje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. username

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