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De or het goed?

het goed

goods, wares, commodities, assets

/ɣut/

Article and plural

Singular
het goed
Plural (meervoud)
de goederen
Diminutive
het goedje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit goeddeze goederen
that, thosedat goeddie goederen
which (the … that)het goed dat …de goederen die …
ourons goedonze goederen

Meaning in English

  1. goods, wares, commodities, assets
  2. clothes, clothing, outfit

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