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De or het zintuig?

het zintuig

sense (means of perceiving)

/ˈzɪn.tœy̯x/

Article and plural

Singular
het zintuig
Plural (meervoud)
de zintuigen
Diminutive
het zintuigje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit zintuigdeze zintuigen
that, thosedat zintuigdie zintuigen
which (the … that)het zintuig dat …de zintuigen die …
ourons zintuigonze zintuigen

Meaning in English

  1. sense (means of perceiving)
  2. sense organ

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