De or het identiteitskaart?
de identiteitskaart
an ID card, an identity card
/i.dɛn.tiˈtɛi̯tsˌkaːrt/
Forms
- Singular
- de identiteitskaart
- Plural
- de identiteitskaarten
- Diminutive
- het identiteitskaartje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de identiteitskaart is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de identiteitskaarten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het identiteitskaartje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- an ID card, an identity card
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