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De or het aangifte?

de aangifte

declaration (taxes, customs, etc.)

/ˈaːnˌɣɪf.tə/

Article and plural

Singular
de aangifte
Plural (meervoud)
de aangiften
Diminutive
het aangiftetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze aangiftedeze aangiften
that, thosedie aangiftedie aangiften
which (the … that)de aangifte die …de aangiften die …
ouronze aangifteonze aangiften

Meaning in English

  1. declaration (taxes, customs, etc.)
  2. report, statement (official account of a crime)

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