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De or het samenzijn?

het samenzijn

a get-together, a gathering

Article and plural

Singular
het samenzijn
Diminutive
het samenzijntje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het samenzijn is learned together with the word.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het samenzijntje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

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

Meaning in English

  1. a get-together, a gathering

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