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De or het verkeer?

het verkeer

traffic

/vərˈkeːr/

Forms

Singular
het verkeer
Diminutive
het verkeertje

Why het?

  • Many nouns that start with ge-, be-, ver- or ont- take het, as long as they do not end in -ing, -heid, -te or -de.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het verkeertje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. traffic
  2. verquere, a historical tables game
  3. intercourse, exchange, dealings

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