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De or het speelgoed?

het speelgoed

toys

/ˈspeːl.ɣut/

Forms

Singular
het speelgoed
Diminutive
het speelgoedje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. toys

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