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De or het miljard?

het miljard

a billion, a milliard, 10⁹

/mɪlˈjɑrt/

Article and plural

Singular
het miljard
Plural (meervoud)
de miljarden
Diminutive
het miljardje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het miljard is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de miljarden whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het miljardje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit miljarddeze miljarden
that, thosedat miljarddie miljarden
which (the … that)het miljard dat …de miljarden die …
ourons miljardonze miljarden

Meaning in English

  1. a billion, a milliard, 10⁹

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