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De or het medeleven?

het medeleven

condolence

Article and plural

Singular
het medeleven

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het medeleven 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 medeleven
that, thosedat medeleven
which (the … that)het medeleven dat …
ourons medeleven

Meaning in English

  1. condolence

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