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De or het zuiden?

het zuiden

south

/ˈzœy̯.də(n)/

Article and plural

Singular
het zuiden

Why het?

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

Meaning in English

  1. south
  2. southern, from the south

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