De or het rente?
de rente
interest, payment for credit
/ˈrɛn.tə/
Forms
- Singular
- de rente
- Plural
- de rentes
- Diminutive
- het rentetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de rente is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de rentes whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het rentetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- interest, payment for credit
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