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De or het syfilis?

de syfilis

syphilis

/ˈsi.fi.lɪs/

Article and plural

Singular
de syfilis

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de syfilis is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze syfilis
that, thosedie syfilis
which (the … that)de syfilis die …
ouronze syfilis

Meaning in English

  1. syphilis

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