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De or het naam?

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de naam

name

/naːm/

Forms

Singular
de naam
Plural
de namen
Diminutive
het naampje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. name
  2. reputation

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