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De or het oom?

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de oom

uncle

/oːm/

Forms

Singular
de oom
Plural
de ooms
Diminutive
het oompje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. uncle

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