De or het kliniek?
de kliniek
a clinic, type of hospital or other medical facility for outpatient
/kliˈnik/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kliniek
- Plural (meervoud)
- de klinieken
- Diminutive
- het kliniekje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kliniek is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de klinieken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kliniekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kliniek | deze klinieken |
| that, those | die kliniek | die klinieken |
| which (the … that) | de kliniek die … | de klinieken die … |
| our | onze kliniek | onze klinieken |
Meaning in English
- a clinic, type of hospital or other medical facility for outpatient treatment
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