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De or het uur?

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het uur

an hour, a period of time

/yr/

Forms

Singular
het uur
Plural
de uren
Diminutive
het uurtje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. an hour, a period of time
  2. the hour, the time of day
  3. o'clock

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