De or het vluchtweg?
de vluchtweg
emergency exit, fire exit
Forms
- Singular
- de vluchtweg
- Plural
- de vluchtwegen
- Diminutive
- het vluchtweggetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vluchtweg is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vluchtwegen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vluchtweggetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- emergency exit, fire exit
- way out
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