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het redmiddel

remedy

noun · /ˈrɛtˌmɪ.dəl/

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

Forms

Article
het redmiddel
Plural
de redmiddelen
Diminutive
het redmiddeltje
Also means
means of rescuing, saving, solution
How common
in everyday Dutch

In a sentence

De reddingsboei was hun enige redmiddel.

The lifebuoy was their only means of rescue.

Snel handelen bleek het redmiddel.

Acting quickly proved to be the means of rescue.

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