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De or het veerboot?

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de veerboot

ferryboat

Forms

Singular
de veerboot
Plural
de veerboten
Diminutive
het veerbootje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. ferryboat

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