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De or het lift?

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de lift

a lift, an elevator

/lɪft/

Forms

Singular
de lift
Plural
de liften
Diminutive
het liftje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a lift, an elevator
  2. a free ride, a lift

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