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De or het jeugd?

de jeugd

young age, early stage of life

/ˈjøːxt/

Article and plural

Singular
de jeugd

Why de?

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

Meaning in English

  1. young age, early stage of life
  2. state or quality of being young
  3. young people

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