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De or het front?

het front

front

/frɔnt/

Article and plural

Singular
het front
Plural (meervoud)
de fronten
Diminutive
het frontje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit frontdeze fronten
that, thosedat frontdie fronten
which (the … that)het front dat …de fronten die …
ourons frontonze fronten

Meaning in English

  1. front

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