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De or het rookmelder?

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de rookmelder

smoke detector

Forms

Singular
de rookmelder
Plural
de rookmelders
Diminutive
het rookmeldertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. smoke detector

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