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De or het ruggenmerg?

het ruggenmerg

spinal cord

Article and plural

Singular
het ruggenmerg

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het ruggenmerg 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 ruggenmerg
that, thosedat ruggenmerg
which (the … that)het ruggenmerg dat …
ourons ruggenmerg

Meaning in English

  1. spinal cord

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