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De or het biljet?

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het biljet

a note

/bɪlˈjɛt/

Forms

Singular
het biljet
Plural
de biljetten
Diminutive
het biljetje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a note
  2. a banknote
  3. a ticket

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