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De or het teveel?

het teveel

excess

/təˈveːl/

Article and plural

Singular
het teveel

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit teveel
that, thosedat teveel
which (the … that)het teveel dat …
ourons teveel

Meaning in English

  1. excess

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