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De or het klacht?

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de klacht

complaint (general, also physical)

/klɑxt/

Forms

Singular
de klacht
Plural
de klachten
Diminutive
het klachtje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de klacht is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de klachten whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het klachtje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. complaint (general, also physical)

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