De or het buitenland?
het buitenland
all foreign countries, collectively; anything abroad
/ˈbœy̯.tə(n)ˌlɑnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het buitenland
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het buitenland is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit buitenland |
| that, those | dat buitenland |
| which (the … that) | het buitenland dat … |
| our | ons buitenland |
Meaning in English
- all foreign countries, collectively; anything abroad
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