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De or het roet?

het roet

soot (fine dark particles of amorphous carbon and tar

/rut/

Article and plural

Singular
het roet

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het roet is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit roet
that, thosedat roet
which (the … that)het roet dat …
ourons roet

Meaning in English

  1. soot (fine dark particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of organic material or fuel)
  2. a fungus type

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