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De or het huis?

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het huis

a house, home; residence

/ɦœy̯s/

Forms

Singular
het huis
Plural
de huizen
Diminutive
het huisje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a house, home; residence
  2. an adjoining building with a separate function
  3. a genealogical house, such as a dynasty
  4. a house or chamber in a legislative assembly
  5. a housing structure, casing

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