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De or het liefdesverdriet?

het liefdesverdriet

heartbreak due to loss or disappointment in one's love life

/ˈlif.dəs.fɛrˌdrit/

Article and plural

Singular
het liefdesverdriet

Why het?

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

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What het changes

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

Meaning in English

  1. heartbreak due to loss or disappointment in one's love life

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