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"the (neutral)" in Dutch

het
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Summary

The Dutch translation for “the (neutral)” is het.

Pronounced the same

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it het

See also

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the de
the (old form) den
definite article bepaald lidwoord

Examples of "the" in use

There are 1352 examples of the Dutch word for "the" being used:
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the water het water
Where is the water? Waar is het water?
the house het huis
the duckling het eendje
the year het jaar
to agree het eens zijn
I disagree. Ik ben het niet eens.
the work het werk
the book het boek
the new book het nieuwe boek

Practice Lesson

"the (neutral)" Practice (943)
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Lesson words
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the (neutral),
the land
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Lesson phrases
A daughter is a person of the female gender in relation to one or two parents.,
a disease of the connective tissue,
A few fat brown chickens roamed the yard.,
A great hunt was held; the hunters lay around the swamp; yes, some sat up in the branches of the trees, which stretched far over the reed.,
A memory is an experience from the past that is stored in memory.,
A protest against the return of Afghans.,
A semi-trailer is a trailer that does not have its own front axle and of which an important part of the weight rests on the towing vehicle (the tractor).,
achievements of the project,
After he’d been at the festival, he had problems with his hearing.,
All the political parties put the idea in the waste-paper basket.,
and along my father’s garden path I saw the tall trees standing,
and before he well knew how it had happened, he found himself in a large garden, in which fragrant elders bent their long green branches down to the water,
And from the trees appeared suddenly three beautiful white swans,
And immediately an old duck flew to the poor beast and bit it in the neck,
and laid down a pea on the bed base,
And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
and so the duckling was allowed to remain on trial for three weeks,
And so the duckling went away,
and the duckling sat in a corner, feeling very low spirited
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