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De or het mille?

het mille

grand (sum of the value of 1,000 monetary units)

/mil/

Article and plural

Singular
het mille

Why het?

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

Meaning in English

  1. grand (sum of the value of 1,000 monetary units)

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