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De or het havermout?

de havermout

oatmeal

Article and plural

Singular
de havermout

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de havermout is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze havermout
that, thosedie havermout
which (the … that)de havermout die …
ouronze havermout

Meaning in English

  1. oatmeal
  2. synonym of havermoutpap (“oat porridge”)

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