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De or het kopie?

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de kopie

copy (replication)

/koːˈpi/

Forms

Singular
de kopie
Plural
de kopieën
Diminutive
het kopietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. copy (replication)

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