De or het wisselkoers?
de wisselkoers
exchange rate
/ˈʋɪ.səlˌkurs/
Forms
- Singular
- de wisselkoers
- Plural
- de wisselkoersen
- Diminutive
- het wisselkoersje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de wisselkoers is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de wisselkoersen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het wisselkoersje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- exchange rate
- the price of a bill of exchange
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