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het.

it; third-person singular neuter subjective personal pronoun

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

pron/(ɦ)ət/Belgium/t/Belgium/(ɦ)ət/Netherlands, unstressed/t/Netherlands
  1. it; third-person singular neuter subjective personal pronoun

    neuter
    Het is een mooi huis, maar een beetje klein.
  2. it; third-person singular neuter objective personal pronoun

    neuter
    Kun je het goed zien?
    Het katje heeft honger, geef het een boterham.
  3. it; impersonal pronoun

    neuter
    Het is laat.
    Het regent alweer.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch het, hit, from Old Dutch it, hit, from Proto-Germanic *it, *hit.

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