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De or het huiswerk?

het huiswerk

homework (educational assignment to be done in one's own time)

/ˈɦœy̯s.ʋɛrk/

Forms

Singular
het huiswerk
Diminutive
het huiswerkje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het huiswerk is learned together with the word.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het huiswerkje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. homework (educational assignment to be done in one's own time)

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