De or het schooljaar?
het schooljaar
school year
/ˈsxoːl.jaːr/
Forms
- Singular
- het schooljaar
- Plural
- de schooljaren
- Diminutive
- het schooljaartje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het schooljaar is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de schooljaren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het schooljaartje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- school year
Remember schooljaar with Spreek
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