De or het bibliotheek?
de bibliotheek
library
/ˌbi.bli.joːˈteːk/
Forms
- Singular
- de bibliotheek
- Plural
- de bibliotheken
- Diminutive
- het bibliotheekje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bibliotheek is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bibliotheken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bibliotheekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bibliotheek | deze bibliotheken |
| that, those | die bibliotheek | die bibliotheken |
| which (the … that) | de bibliotheek die … | de bibliotheken die … |
| our | onze bibliotheek | onze bibliotheken |
Meaning in English
- library
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