(The form ðə is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the houseðəhaus or consonant sound eg the unionðə'juːnjən; the form ði is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the appleði 'apl or vowel sound eg the honourði 'onə)
de, het

1 used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: “Where is the book I put on the table?”
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2 used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: “The horse is running fast.”
de, het

3 used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: “the Duke of Edinburgh”
de, het

4 used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: “In this job we are paid by the hour.”
de, het

5 used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: “He is the kindest man I know”
de, het

6 (often withall) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: “He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.”
des te

the †¦

(with comparative adjective or adverb) used to show the connection or relationship between two actions, states, processes etc: “The harder you work, the more you earn.”
hoe ... hoe
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the	de ; het ; aan de ; aan het ; des te ; hoe ; naar de ; naar het ; t

Bronnen: interglot; Wakefield genealogy pages




EN: it

EN: he is the man for it NL: hij is dé man ervoor
EN: the more, the less NL: hoe...des te...
EN: all the better NL: des te beter
EN: the stupidity! NL: wat stom!
EN: the more so as NL: te meer omdat