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De or het dreigement?

het dreigement

a threat (expression in which one threatens somebody)

/ˈdrɛi̯.ɣəˌmɛnt/

Article and plural

Singular
het dreigement
Plural (meervoud)
de dreigementen
Diminutive
het dreigementje

Why het?

  • Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de dreigementen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het dreigementje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit dreigementdeze dreigementen
that, thosedat dreigementdie dreigementen
which (the … that)het dreigement dat …de dreigementen die …
ourons dreigementonze dreigementen

Meaning in English

  1. a threat (expression in which one threatens somebody)

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