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De or het tomaat?

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de tomaat

tomato, fruit of Solanum lycopersicum

/toːˈmaːt/

Forms

Singular
de tomaat
Plural
de tomaten
Diminutive
het tomaatje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. tomato, fruit of Solanum lycopersicum
  2. tomato plant, Solanum lycopersicum

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