De or het kantoor?
het kantoor
office
/kɑnˈtoːr/
Forms
- Singular
- het kantoor
- Plural
- de kantoren
- Diminutive
- het kantoortje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het kantoor is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kantoren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kantoortje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- office
- cabinet
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