De or het hoofd?
het hoofd
head
/ɦoːft/
Forms
- Singular
- het hoofd
- Plural
- de hoofden
- Diminutive
- het hoofdje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het hoofd is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de hoofden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het hoofdje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- head
- head (of an organisation), chief, boss
- a transversal dam or pier at the entrance of a sea harbour
- oral sex
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