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De or het stroom?

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de stroom

a flow, current or flush, as of moving water or other liquid

/stroːm/

Forms

Singular
de stroom
Plural
de stromen
Diminutive
het stroompje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a flow, current or flush, as of moving water or other liquid
  2. a major river, especially one leading to the sea or ocean
  3. a smaller stream
  4. an electrical current
  5. electricity

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