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De or het knie?

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de knie

a knee

/kni/

Forms

Singular
de knie
Plural
de knieën
Diminutive
het knietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a knee
  2. a kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee

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