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De or het cijfer?

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het cijfer

a grade given for an assignment or class

/ˈsɛi̯.fər/

Forms

Singular
het cijfer
Plural
de cijfers
Diminutive
het cijfertje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a grade given for an assignment or class, particularly in primary school
  2. digit, numeral
  3. statistic, figure

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