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De or het schrift?

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het schrift

notebook

/sxrɪft/

Forms

Singular
het schrift
Plural
de schriften
Diminutive
het schriftje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. notebook
  2. script
  3. scripture

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