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De or het salaris?

het salaris

salary

/ˌsaːˈlaː.rɪs/

Forms

Singular
het salaris
Plural
de salarissen
Diminutive
het salarisje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. salary

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