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De or het adem?

de adem

breath

/ˈaːdəm/

Forms

Singular
de adem

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de adem is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. breath

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