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De or het asbest?

het asbest

asbestos

/ˈɑs.bɛst/

Article and plural

Singular
het asbest

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit asbest
that, thosedat asbest
which (the … that)het asbest dat …
ourons asbest

Meaning in English

  1. asbestos

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