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De or het succes?

het succes

success

/sykˈsɛs/

Article and plural

Singular
het succes
Plural (meervoud)
de successen
Diminutive
het succesje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit succesdeze successen
that, thosedat succesdie successen
which (the … that)het succes dat …de successen die …
ourons succesonze successen

Meaning in English

  1. success

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