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De or het saldo?

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het saldo

balance on an account

/ˈsɑl.doː/

Forms

Singular
het saldo
Plural
de saldi
Diminutive
het saldootje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. balance on an account

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