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De or het essay?

het essay

essay

/ɛˈseː/

Forms

Singular
het essay
Plural
de essays
Diminutive
het essaytje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. essay

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