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De or het kaarslicht?

het kaarslicht

candlelight

/ˈkaːrslɪxt/

Article and plural

Singular
het kaarslicht

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit kaarslicht
that, thosedat kaarslicht
which (the … that)het kaarslicht dat …
ourons kaarslicht

Meaning in English

  1. candlelight

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