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De or het eerbied?

de eerbied

respect

/ˈeːr.bit/

Article and plural

Singular
de eerbied

Why de?

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

Meaning in English

  1. respect

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