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De or het vagevuur?

het vagevuur

purgatory

Article and plural

Singular
het vagevuur

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het vagevuur 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 vagevuur
that, thosedat vagevuur
which (the … that)het vagevuur dat …
ourons vagevuur

Meaning in English

  1. purgatory

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