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De or het winkel?

← Dutch words

de winkel

shop, store (establishment that sells goods to the public)

/ˈʋɪŋ.kəl/

Forms

Singular
de winkel
Plural
de winkels
Diminutive
het winkeltje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. shop, store (establishment that sells goods to the public)
  2. a shop, service point

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