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De or het cadeau?

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het cadeau

present; gift

/kaːˈdoː/

Forms

Singular
het cadeau
Plural
de cadeaus
Diminutive
het cadeautje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. present; gift

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