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De or het keuken?

← Dutch words

de keuken

kitchen

/ˈkøːkə(n)/

Forms

Singular
de keuken
Plural
de keukens
Diminutive
het keukentje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. kitchen
  2. cuisine

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