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De or het mei?

de mei

May

/mɛi̯/

Article and plural

Singular
de mei

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze mei
that, thosedie mei
which (the … that)de mei die …
ouronze mei

Meaning in English

  1. May

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