De or het verjaardag?
de verjaardag
birthday
/vərˈjaːrˌdɑx/
Forms
- Singular
- de verjaardag
- Plural
- de verjaardagen
- Diminutive
- het verjaardagje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de verjaardag is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verjaardagen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verjaardagje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- birthday
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