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De or het wapenhandel?

de wapenhandel

arms trade

/ˈʋaː.pə(n)ˌɦɑn.dəl/

Article and plural

Singular
de wapenhandel

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de wapenhandel is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze wapenhandel
that, thosedie wapenhandel
which (the … that)de wapenhandel die …
ouronze wapenhandel

Meaning in English

  1. arms trade

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