De or het slaapkamer?
de slaapkamer
bedroom
/ˈslaːpˌkaː.mər/
Forms
- Singular
- de slaapkamer
- Plural
- de slaapkamers
- Diminutive
- het slaapkamertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de slaapkamer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de slaapkamers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het slaapkamertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- bedroom
Remember slaapkamer with Spreek
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