De or het hoest?
de hoest
cough
/ˈɦust/
Forms
- Singular
- de hoest
- Diminutive
- het hoestje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de hoest is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hoestje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- cough
Remember hoest with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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