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De or het zout?

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het zout

salt

/zɑu̯t/

Forms

Singular
het zout
Plural
de zouten
Diminutive
het zoutje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. salt

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