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De or het hobby?

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de hobby

hobby (activity)

/ˈɦɔ.bi/

Forms

Singular
de hobby
Plural
de hobby's
Diminutive
het hobby'tje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de hobby is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de hobby's whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het hobby'tje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. hobby (activity)

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