De or het kruispunt?
het kruispunt
crossroads
/ˈkrœy̯spʏnt/
Forms
- Singular
- het kruispunt
- Plural
- de kruispunten
- Diminutive
- het kruispuntje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het kruispunt is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kruispunten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kruispuntje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- crossroads
- intersection of lines
Remember kruispunt with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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