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De or het argwaan?

de argwaan

suspicion, misgiving

/ˈɑrx.ʋaːn/

Article and plural

Singular
de argwaan

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze argwaan
that, thosedie argwaan
which (the … that)de argwaan die …
ouronze argwaan

Meaning in English

  1. suspicion, misgiving

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