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De or het essay?

het essay

essay

/ɛˈseː/

Article and plural

Singular
het essay
Plural (meervoud)
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

Check the article of another noun

What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit essaydeze essays
that, thosedat essaydie essays
which (the … that)het essay dat …de essays die …
ourons essayonze essays

Meaning in English

  1. essay

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