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De or het hygiëne?

de hygiëne

hygiene

/ˌɦi.ɣ(i)ˈjeː.nə/

Article and plural

Singular
de hygiëne

Why de?

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

Meaning in English

  1. hygiene

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