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De or het diabetes?

de diabetes

diabetes

/ˌdi.aːˈbeː.təs/

Article and plural

Singular
de diabetes

Why de?

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

Meaning in English

  1. diabetes

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