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De or het onderdak?

het onderdak

lodging, shelter

Article and plural

Singular
het onderdak
Diminutive
het onderdakje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het onderdak is learned together with the word.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het onderdakje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit onderdak
that, thosedat onderdak
which (the … that)het onderdak dat …
ourons onderdak

Meaning in English

  1. lodging, shelter

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