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De or het uniform?

het uniform

uniform; a distinctive outfit

/ˈy.niˌfɔrm/

Article and plural

Singular
het uniform
Plural (meervoud)
de uniformen
Diminutive
het uniformpje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit uniformdeze uniformen
that, thosedat uniformdie uniformen
which (the … that)het uniform dat …de uniformen die …
ourons uniformonze uniformen

Meaning in English

  1. uniform; a distinctive outfit

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