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De or het meel?

het meel

flour, meal, farina

/meːl/

Article and plural

Singular
het meel

Why het?

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

Meaning in English

  1. flour, meal, farina

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