De or het gemeente?
de gemeente
municipality, commune
/ɣəˈmeːn.tə/
Forms
- Singular
- de gemeente
- Plural
- de gemeenten
- Diminutive
- het gemeentetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de gemeente is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de gemeenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het gemeentetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- municipality, commune
- congregation
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