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De or het toetsenbord?

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het toetsenbord

a keyboard (input device with buttons for a computer)

/ˈtut.sə(n)ˌbɔrt/

Forms

Singular
het toetsenbord
Plural
de toetsenborden
Diminutive
het toetsenbordje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a keyboard (input device with buttons for a computer)
  2. a keyboard (musical instrument operated by keys; set of keys of such an instrument)
  3. a typewriter's keyboard (input mechanism or device with buttons for a typewriter)

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