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De or het hoofdpijn?

de hoofdpijn

headache

/ˈɦoːft.pɛi̯n/

Article and plural

Singular
de hoofdpijn

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de hoofdpijn 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 hoofdpijn
that, thosedie hoofdpijn
which (the … that)de hoofdpijn die …
ouronze hoofdpijn

Meaning in English

  1. headache

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