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De or het bewustzijn?

het bewustzijn

consciousness

/bəˈʋʏstˌsɛi̯n/

Article and plural

Singular
het bewustzijn

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.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

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

Meaning in English

  1. consciousness

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