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het handschrift

handwriting

noun · /ˈɦɑnt.sxrɪft/

Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het handschrift?

Forms

Article
het handschrift
Plural
de handschriften
Diminutive
het handschriftje
Also means
manuscript
How common
among the 10,000 most common Dutch words

In a sentence

Haar handschrift is heel netjes.

Her handwriting is very neat.

Zijn handschrift was bijna onleesbaar.

His handwriting was almost unreadable.

Ik herkende meteen jouw handschrift.

I immediately recognized your handwriting.

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