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De or het diefstal?

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de diefstal

theft

/ˈdif.stɑl/

Forms

Singular
de diefstal
Plural
de diefstallen
Diminutive
het diefstalletje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. theft

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