De or het ongeluk?
het ongeluk
accident
/ˈɔŋ.ɣəˌlʏk/
Forms
- Singular
- het ongeluk
- Plural
- de ongelukken
- Diminutive
- het ongelukje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het ongeluk is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de ongelukken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het ongelukje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- accident
- unhappiness, misery
- bad luck, misfortune
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