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De or het cafeïne?

de cafeïne

caffeine

/kaː.feːˈi.nə/

Article and plural

Singular
de cafeïne

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de cafeïne is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze cafeïne
that, thosedie cafeïne
which (the … that)de cafeïne die …
ouronze cafeïne

Meaning in English

  1. caffeine

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