De or het luchthaven?
de luchthaven
airport
/ˈlʏxtˌɦaː.və(n)/
Forms
- Singular
- de luchthaven
- Plural
- de luchthavens
- Diminutive
- het luchthaventje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de luchthaven is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de luchthavens whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het luchthaventje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- airport
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