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De or het westen?

het westen

west

/ˈʋɛs.tə(n)/

Article and plural

Singular
het westen

Why het?

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

Meaning in English

  1. west

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