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De or het wisselgeld?

het wisselgeld

change (money returned after not paying exactly

/ˈʋɪ.səlˌɣɛlt/

Forms

Singular
het wisselgeld

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. change (money returned after not paying exactly; stock of money used for this purpose)
  2. bargaining chip

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