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De or het graffiti?

de graffiti

graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

/ˈɡrɛ.fə.ti/

Article and plural

Singular
de graffiti
Plural (meervoud)
de graffiti

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de graffiti is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de graffiti whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze graffitideze graffiti
that, thosedie graffitidie graffiti
which (the … that)de graffiti die …de graffiti die …
ouronze graffitionze graffiti

Meaning in English

  1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

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