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De or het zus?

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de zus

sister

/zʏs/

Forms

Singular
de zus
Plural
de zussen
Diminutive
het zusje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. sister

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