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De or het taxi?

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de taxi

a taxi

/ˈtɑk.si/

Forms

Singular
de taxi
Plural
de taxi's
Diminutive
het taxietje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de taxi is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de taxi's whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het taxietje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a taxi

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