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De or het aspect?

het aspect

aspect, element

/ɑˈspɛkt/

Article and plural

Singular
het aspect
Plural (meervoud)
de aspecten
Diminutive
het aspectje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit aspectdeze aspecten
that, thosedat aspectdie aspecten
which (the … that)het aspect dat …de aspecten die …
ourons aspectonze aspecten

Meaning in English

  1. aspect, element
  2. aspect, appearance
  3. aspect (grammatical category)

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