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De or het nut?

het nut

use, point, utility, sense

/nʏt/

Article and plural

Singular
het nut

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Check the article of another noun

What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit nut
that, thosedat nut
which (the … that)het nut dat …
ourons nut

Meaning in English

  1. use, point, utility, sense
  2. benefit

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