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De or het gewicht?

het gewicht

weight

/ɣəˈʋɪxt/

Article and plural

Singular
het gewicht
Plural (meervoud)
de gewichten
Diminutive
het gewichtje

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 gewichten whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het gewichtje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit gewichtdeze gewichten
that, thosedat gewichtdie gewichten
which (the … that)het gewicht dat …de gewichten die …
ourons gewichtonze gewichten

Meaning in English

  1. weight

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