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De or het pauze?

← Dutch words

de pauze

pause, break

/ˈpɑu̯.zə/

Forms

Singular
de pauze
Plural
de pauzes
Diminutive
het pauzetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. pause, break

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