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De or het halte?

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de halte

stop (place to get on and off line buses or trams)

/ˈɦɑl.tə/

Forms

Singular
de halte
Plural
de halten
Diminutive
het haltetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. stop (place to get on and off line buses or trams)

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