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De or het advies?

het advies

advice

/ɑtˈfis/

Article and plural

Singular
het advies
Plural (meervoud)
de adviezen
Diminutive
het adviesje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit adviesdeze adviezen
that, thosedat adviesdie adviezen
which (the … that)het advies dat …de adviezen die …
ourons adviesonze adviezen

Meaning in English

  1. advice

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