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De or het uitgang?

← Dutch words

de uitgang

exit, outgang

/ˈœy̯txɑŋ/

Forms

Singular
de uitgang
Plural
de uitgangen
Diminutive
het uitgangetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. exit, outgang
  2. output
  3. ending, termination

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