De or het sport?
de sport
a sport; (uncountable) sports
/spɔrt/
Forms
- Singular
- de sport
- Plural
- de sporten
- Diminutive
- het sportje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de sport is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de sporten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het sportje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- a sport; (uncountable) sports
- rung, step on a ladder
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