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De or het lokaal?

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het lokaal

room, hall, particularly a classroom

/loːˈkaːl/

Forms

Singular
het lokaal
Plural
de lokalen
Diminutive
het lokaaltje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. room, hall, particularly a classroom

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