De or het woonkamer?
de woonkamer
living room
/ˈʋoːnˌkaː.mər/
Forms
- Singular
- de woonkamer
- Plural
- de woonkamers
- Diminutive
- het woonkamertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de woonkamer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de woonkamers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het woonkamertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- living room
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