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De or het zakgeld?

het zakgeld

pocket money, a limited allowance of money for discretionary spending

/ˈzɑk.xɛlt/

Article and plural

Singular
het zakgeld

Why het?

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

Meaning in English

  1. pocket money, a limited allowance of money for discretionary spending, now especially that given to children by parents or carers

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