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De or het ziekte?

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de ziekte

the state of sickness

/ˈziktə/

Forms

Singular
de ziekte
Plural
de ziekten
Diminutive
het ziektetje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ziekte is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de ziekten whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het ziektetje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. the state of sickness
  2. an illness, disease

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