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De or het opzicht?

het opzicht

supervision

Article and plural

Singular
het opzicht
Plural (meervoud)
de opzichten
Diminutive
het opzichtje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit opzichtdeze opzichten
that, thosedat opzichtdie opzichten
which (the … that)het opzicht dat …de opzichten die …
ourons opzichtonze opzichten

Meaning in English

  1. supervision
  2. relation, regard

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