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De or het eten?

het eten

food

/ˈeː.tə(n)/

As a noun: Forms

Singular
het eten
Diminutive
het etentje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het eten is learned together with the word.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het etentje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

As a noun: Meaning in English

  1. food
  2. dinner

As a verb: Conjugation

PersonPresentPastPerfect
ikeetatheb gegeten
jij, ueetathebt gegeten
hij, zij, heteetatheeft gegeten
wij, jullie, zijetenatenhebben gegeten
  • Past participle: gegeten, with hebben.

As a verb: Meaning in English

  1. to eat

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