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De or het proces?

het proces

a process, sequential proceeding

/proːˈsɛs/

Article and plural

Singular
het proces
Plural (meervoud)
de processen
Diminutive
het procesje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit procesdeze processen
that, thosedat procesdie processen
which (the … that)het proces dat …de processen die …
ourons procesonze processen

Meaning in English

  1. a process, sequential proceeding
  2. a trial, court case, lawsuit

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