De or het mededogen?
het mededogen
mercy, compassion, pity
/ˈmeː.dəˌdoː.ɣə(n)/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het mededogen
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het mededogen is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit mededogen |
| that, those | dat mededogen |
| which (the … that) | het mededogen dat … |
| our | ons mededogen |
Meaning in English
- mercy, compassion, pity
Remember mededogen with Spreek
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