De or het medicijn?
het medicijn
medicine, cure, medication (substance)
/meː.diˈsɛi̯n/
Forms
- Singular
- het medicijn
- Plural
- de medicijnen
- Diminutive
- het medicijntje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het medicijn is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de medicijnen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het medicijntje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- medicine, cure, medication (substance)
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