De or het komkommer?
de komkommer
cucumber
/ˌkɔmˈkɔ.mər/
Forms
- Singular
- de komkommer
- Plural
- de komkommers
- Diminutive
- het komkommertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de komkommer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de komkommers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het komkommertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- cucumber
Remember komkommer with Spreek
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