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De or het saus?

← Dutch words

de saus

sauce (liquid condiment, usually of more than watery consistency)

/sɑu̯s/

Forms

Singular
de saus
Plural
de sausen
Diminutive
het sausje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. sauce (liquid condiment, usually of more than watery consistency)

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