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De or het geschrift?

het geschrift

writing

/ɣəˈsxrɪft/

Article and plural

Singular
het geschrift
Plural (meervoud)
de geschriften
Diminutive
het geschriftje

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 geschriften whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het geschriftje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit geschriftdeze geschriften
that, thosedat geschriftdie geschriften
which (the … that)het geschrift dat …de geschriften die …
ourons geschriftonze geschriften

Meaning in English

  1. writing

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