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De or het nek?

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de nek

nape of the neck

/nɛk/

Forms

Singular
de nek
Plural
de nekken
Diminutive
het nekje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. nape of the neck
  2. neck

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