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De or het visum?

het visum

visa (permit for entering or leaving a country)

/ˈvi.zʏm/

Article and plural

Singular
het visum
Plural (meervoud)
de visa
Diminutive
het visumpje

Why het?

  • Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de visa whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het visumpje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit visumdeze visa
that, thosedat visumdie visa
which (the … that)het visum dat …de visa die …
ourons visumonze visa

Meaning in English

  1. visa (permit for entering or leaving a country)

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