De or het cent?
de cent
cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit
/sɛnt/
Forms
- Singular
- de cent
- Plural
- de centen
- Diminutive
- het centje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de cent is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de centen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het centje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze cent | deze centen |
| that, those | die cent | die centen |
| which (the … that) | de cent die … | de centen die … |
| our | onze cent | onze centen |
Meaning in English
- cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder
- cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro
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