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De or het beleid?

het beleid

policy, strategy, course of action

/bəˈlɛi̯t/

Article and plural

Singular
het beleid
Diminutive
het beleidje

Why het?

  • Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het beleidje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

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

Meaning in English

  1. policy, strategy, course of action
  2. care, circumspection

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