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De or het nummer?

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het nummer

number used as a means of identification

/ˈnʏ.mər/

Forms

Singular
het nummer
Plural
de nummers
Diminutive
het nummertje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. number used as a means of identification
  2. number (used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence)
  3. a song or musical performance; a track
  4. issue of a publication (e.g. a magazine)
  5. number of an item on a menu; (by extension) a dish identified by such a number

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