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