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De or het woonplaats?

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de woonplaats

habitat, place of residence

/ˈʋoːn.plaːts/

Forms

Singular
de woonplaats
Plural
de woonplaatsen
Diminutive
het woonplaatsje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. habitat, place of residence
  2. any group of houses with a distinct name and identity, regardless of size; includes hamlets, villages, towns, cities and so on

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