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De or het kelder?

← Dutch words

de kelder

cellar, basement

/ˈkɛl.dər/

Forms

Singular
de kelder
Plural
de kelders
Diminutive
het keldertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. cellar, basement

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