De or het vriendin?
de vriendin
female friend
/vrinˈdɪn/
Forms
- Singular
- de vriendin
- Plural
- de vriendinnen
- Diminutive
- het vriendinnetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vriendin is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vriendinnen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vriendinnetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- female friend
- girlfriend (unmarried female romantic partner)
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