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De or het noodlot?

het noodlot

fate, destiny

Article and plural

Singular
het noodlot

Why het?

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

Meaning in English

  1. fate, destiny
  2. disastrous fate
  3. bad luck, misfortune

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