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De or het moeder?

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de moeder

mother, female parent

/ˈmu.dər/

Forms

Singular
de moeder
Plural
de moeders
Diminutive
het moedertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. mother, female parent

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