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De or het kennel?

de kennel

kennel

/ˈkɛ.nəl/

Forms

Singular
de kennel
Plural
de kennels
Diminutive
het kenneltje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. kennel

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