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De or het ziekenhuis?

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het ziekenhuis

a hospital, medical care facility

/ˈzi.kə(n).ɦœy̯s/

Forms

Singular
het ziekenhuis
Plural
de ziekenhuizen
Diminutive
het ziekenhuisje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a hospital, medical care facility
  2. an infirmary

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