De or het lichaam?
het lichaam
body
/ˈlɪxaːm/
Forms
- Singular
- het lichaam
- Plural
- de lichamen
- Diminutive
- het lichaampje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het lichaam is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de lichamen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het lichaampje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- body
- corpse, dead body
- legal body, organisation such as a corporation, association or assembly
- field
- division ring
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