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De or het neus?

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de neus

nose

/nøːs/

Forms

Singular
de neus
Plural
de neuzen
Diminutive
het neusje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. nose
  2. smell, bouquet, nose
  3. Jew, kike

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