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De or het nicht?

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de nicht

niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister

/nɪxt/

Forms

Singular
de nicht
Plural
de nichten
Diminutive
het nichtje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister
  2. female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt
  3. niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law

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