🇬🇧 en nl 🇳🇱

the article

  /jiː/ , /ð/ , /ðeː/ , /ði/ , /ðiː/ , /ðə/ , /ðɪ/ , /ˈðiː/ , /ˈðʌ/ , /θeː/
  • Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. [from 9th c.]
  • Used before a noun phrase beginning with superlative or comparative adjective or an ordinal number, indicating that the noun refers to a single item.
  • Used with the plural of a surname to indicate the entire family.
  • When stressed, indicates that it describes something which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. [from 18th c.]
  • because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter. [from 10th c.]
  • Used before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. [from 12th c.]
 de
  • The definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that the noun phrase it immediately precedes is definitely identifiable
 de, het

the adverb

  /jiː/ , /ð/ , /ðeː/ , /ði/ , /ðiː/ , /ðə/ , /ðɪ/ , /ˈðiː/ , /ˈðʌ/ , /θeː/
  • With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.
 des te + comp., des te + comp., hoe + comp., des te + comp., hoe + comp., hoe + comp.
Acts of the Apostles
Handelingen van de apostelen, Handelingen
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent en de Grenadines
The Hague
Den Haag, 's-Gravenhage, De Haag
will o' the wisp
dwaallicht, hersenschim
lily of the valley
lelietje-van-dalen, meiklokje
shoot the breeze
babbelen, kletsen
on the other hand
daarentegen, anderzijds
throw in the towel
de handdoek in de ring werpen
the end
einde

🇳🇱 nl en 🇬🇧

use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as voorheen or vroeger
used to
(a person on the telephone): wegvallen
cut out
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
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