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De or het recept?

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het recept

recipe

/rəˈsɛpt/

Forms

Singular
het recept
Plural
de recepten
Diminutive
het receptje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. recipe
  2. prescription

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