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De or het rosbief?

de rosbief

roast beef

/ˈrɔs.bif/

Article and plural

Singular
de rosbief

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

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

Meaning in English

  1. roast beef

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