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De or het paniek?

de paniek

panic

/paːˈnik/

Article and plural

Singular
de paniek
Diminutive
het paniekje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de paniek is learned together with the word.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het paniekje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze paniek
that, thosedie paniek
which (the … that)de paniek die …
ouronze paniek

Meaning in English

  1. panic

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