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De or het crime?

de crime

hassle, struggle, pain in the neck

/krim/

Article and plural

Singular
de crime

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de crime 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 crime
that, thosedie crime
which (the … that)de crime die …
ouronze crime

Meaning in English

  1. hassle, struggle, pain in the neck (something extremely annoying or unpleasant)

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