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De or het brandhout?

het brandhout

firewood

/ˈbrɑnt.ɦɑu̯t/

Article and plural

Singular
het brandhout

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het brandhout 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 brandhout
that, thosedat brandhout
which (the … that)het brandhout dat …
ourons brandhout

Meaning in English

  1. firewood
  2. something of very low quality

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