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De or het route?

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de route

route, course, way (particular pathway or direction one travels)

/ˈru.tə/

Forms

Singular
de route
Plural
de routes
Diminutive
het routetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. route, course, way (particular pathway or direction one travels)
  2. road, route

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