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De or het cent?

← Dutch words

de cent

cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit

/sɛnt/

Forms

Singular
de cent
Plural
de centen
Diminutive
het centje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder
  2. cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro

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