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De or het storm?

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de storm

storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale

/stɔrm/

Forms

Singular
de storm
Plural
de stormen
Diminutive
het stormpje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane
  2. assault, storming

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