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De or het tuin?

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de tuin

a garden, yard

/tœy̯n/

Forms

Singular
de tuin
Plural
de tuinen
Diminutive
het tuintje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a garden, yard
  2. an enclosure, fence or hedge

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