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De or het vriend?

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de vriend

friend

/vrint/

Forms

Singular
de vriend
Plural
de vrienden
Diminutive
het vriendje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. friend
  2. boyfriend (romantic partner)

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