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De or het verlies?

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het verlies

loss, defeat

/vərˈlis/

Forms

Singular
het verlies
Plural
de verliezen
Diminutive
het verliesje

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 plural takes de, so it is de verliezen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het verliesje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. loss, defeat
  2. losing someone or something

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