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De or het methaan?

het methaan

methane

/meːˈtaːn/

Article and plural

Singular
het methaan

Why het?

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

Meaning in English

  1. methane

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