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De or het geld?

het geld

money

/ɣɛlt/

Forms

Singular
het geld
Plural
de gelden

Why het?

  • Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de gelden whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. money

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