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De or het rotonde?

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de rotonde

a roundabout (road junction at which traffic streams circularly

/roːˈtɔn.də/

Forms

Singular
de rotonde
Plural
de rotondes
Diminutive
het rotondetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a roundabout (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
  2. a rotunda

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